I don't pit it as an antonym. I am simply responding to your claim that it's realism that moves things forward :)
Realists are navigators, optimists are starters, pessimists are never-starters :)
You need bias to move things forward.
Realists are navigators, optimists are starters, pessimists are never-starters :)
You need bias to move things forward.
That's perseverence without denial.
Realism to correctly assess the situation and dynamics.
Hope and/or perseverence to follow those through to their potential.
Again: optimism denies reality. It gets you into trouble eventually, even if it can glide over some rough spots. At best, optimism can limit self-sabotage or inhibition. It does nothing to change the Universe itself.