> There's an "optimism stigma" that's pervasive throughout society.
Funny, I'd say it's quite the opposite, you aren't allowed to say anything negative or you'd be labeled as a "downer".
Everything nowadays is "amazing" and "transformative".
Funny, I'd say it's quite the opposite, you aren't allowed to say anything negative or you'd be labeled as a "downer".
Everything nowadays is "amazing" and "transformative".
Perhaps instead of actively trying to find excuses to dissuade "optimists" from even trying, society might be better off trying to teach that supporting good ideas that benefit everyone is a good thing, not bad…
Care to expand about what this Utopia would look like and how it would work? Where does the resources come from to bring everyone to a first world standard of living?
An optimist who insists on driving ahead without understanding the challenge he's taking on will almost always end up being a big problem for everyone.
> The problem I see is that humanity as a whole has much of what we need to build a Utopia for all...
> Perhaps instead of actively trying to find excuses to dissuade "optimists" from even trying, society might be better off trying to teach that supporting good ideas that benefit everyone is a good thing, not bad…
Lenin was an optimist who thought he and his comrades could build a "Utopia for all."
> ...but almost nobody actually wants a better world for anyone let alone for everyone....
> Perhaps instead of actively trying to find excuses to dissuade "optimists" from even trying, society might be better off trying to teach that supporting good ideas that benefit everyone is a good thing, not bad…
Come on. Pretty much everyone wants a better world for everyone, they just want different ones, and that's a difficult problem.
It's pure speculation, but it feels much more plausible than a society wide bias towards one or the other.
Which has been my actual observation - has anyone here had corroborating or counterfactual experiences?