Optimism

So many people say "I don't want to have kids because I don't want them to experience all the issues in the world today". What are they smoking? We literally live in the best era we've ever seen in human civilization.

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We need the right kind of climate optimism

Hannah Ritchie • We Need the Right Kind of Climate Optimism

Keely Adler

Why Pessimism Sounds Smart

Jason Crawford rootsofprogress.org

Keely Adler

Hope is not passive: How activism keeps optimism alive

Maddy Lauria grist.org

Keely Adler

“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.” — Søren Kierkegaard

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We should be optimistic not because our problems are smaller than we thought, but because our capacity to solve them is larger than we thought.

Kevin Kelly • 💡 Kevin Kelly: The Case for Optimism

Keely Adler

Optimism

Packy McCormick notboring.co

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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Hans Rosling • 6 highlights

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Cover of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

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What a Time to Be Alive

Jack Raines youngmoney.co

Nick deWilde