“Hope is a method: If I do something about this situation, I might change it enough so that I can do something else about this situation.” -- Cory Doctorow
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Doomscrolling evokes existential anxiety and fosters pessimism about human nature? Evidence from Iran and the United States.
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My two personalities and productivity
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How do you counter pessimism?
This is actually two questions in one: How do you counter pessimism in yourself? How do you keep yourself from sliding into cynicism? Seeing the worst in things? Finding fault everywhere? Losing...
This is actually two questions in one:
- How do you counter pessimism in yourself?
How do you keep yourself from sliding into cynicism? Seeing the worst in things? Finding fault everywhere? Losing hope?
- How do you counter pessimism in others?
When someone’s sharing their pessimism with you, it can feel dismissive or even hostile to go against it. It can feel unempathetic to do anything but corroborate or validate their feelings, even if you feel they’re inaccurate or misguided. How do you respond without sliding into pessimism yourself?
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SolarPunk vs CyberPunk: Our cities' last hope?
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What is your most essential pessimistic belief? Conversely, what is your most essential optimistic belief?
That is a sincere curiosity of mine, and also something that can reveal a lot about a person! ;) As always, anything goes, except for highly divisive controversial stuff that might get this locked
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Puolanka was in the news for all the wrong reasons, so locals decided to embrace being the worst
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