Pessimism gets treated like intelligence. Optimism gets treated like a defect you grow out of.
Act like improvement is impossible and you stop trying. Then nothing improves, and you get to feel right about it.
Optimism is work you practice, or you guarantee the outcome you claim you were only predicting.
You're not an idiot for believing things can get better.
joanwestenberg.com/p/you-are-not-an-idiot-for-believing
You Are Not An Idiot for Believing Things Can Get Better
On Optimism As a DisciplineJA Westenberg (WESTENBERG)
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Guitarsophist
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in reply to Guitarsophist • • •@jredlund I agree re saying the same thing differently. Pessimism doesn't stop me trying to change things.
It does mean I'm pleasantly surprised when we occasionally succeed.
quixote
in reply to JA Westenberg • • •Especially not an idiot since the evidence is 100% on the optimist's side. Take a v-e-r-y long view. Are things better now than in the Stone Ages?
QED.
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in reply to JA Westenberg • • •The phrase “god helps those who help themselves” but more on the lines “it ain’t gonna happen by just wishing for it. Do something and keep hopeful.” (I really need a simpler saying 😹).
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