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Hayley Newman,

on dit souvent que je suis optimiste. Cela me rend fou. Je ne suis pas optimiste. Cela donne l’impression que je suis un naïf. Je suis un très sérieux « possibiliste ». J’entends par là quelqu’un qui n’espère pas sans raison, pas plus qu’il ne craint sans raison, quelqu’un qui résiste constamment à la dramatisation de la vision du monde. En tant qu

Keller’s apologetic model for politics was perfectly suited for the “neutral world.” But the “negative world” is a different place. Tough choices are increasingly before us, offense is unavoidable, and sides will need to be taken on very important issues. Recent events have proven that being winsome in this moment will not guarantee a favorable hea

Jouke Hofman (log-in: jouke) in the Netherlands

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someone who constantly resists the overdramatic worldview. As a possibilist, I see all this progress, and it fills me with conviction and hope that further progress is possible. This is not optimistic. It is having a clear and reasonable idea about how things are. It is having a worldview that is constructive and useful.