I was telling someone today how I loved where I lived. They said, 'really? everyone says how much they hate it, how crazy it is.' Everyone hates everything, everyone expresses pessimism, applied to everything. We were in the place in the trend where we could still find ways to apply the idea, when it was still provocative to read. Now, for me, it's obvious and tired.
Recessions are, to a degree, self-fulfilling. Optimism and pessimism are intangible, but are real things that have very real consequences for anything you do - your current project (if you even start it), your job, your relationships, your economy, your society. That's obvious and well-known, and I'm tired of people screwing up my life, my relationships, my community and country with this stuff. Nothing is stopping us from living fantastical lives.