@andypiper @pluralistic Indeed. And I think I'm not an optimist. I like the distinction Vaclav Havel made " #hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."

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"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
"And are you?"
"No, that's where it all falls down, of course."
"Pity," said Arthur with sympathy. "It sounded like quite a good lifestyle otherwise."

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