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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.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/you-are-not-an-idiot-for-believing
@Daojoan substack;didn't read
@Daojoan Me every single day of my life! (Yes somedays is harder than others to stay hopeful) and I really appreciate it when I don’t feel like I’m the only person in the world that thinks this way!😹
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 😹).
cynicism is acceptance
@Daojoan 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.
@Daojoan Or they might just stay the same differently.
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There is also a wisdom to tell the possible-even-if-hard from the actually-impossible apart. And people tend to err towards either side of the balance.