Optimism bias would've probably caused a much smaller population size due to interpreting risks incorrectly, and thus a much less advanced society. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism …
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There is depressive realism, yes. But also there is meta-cognition and rationality. I think it would take some time, but people would adapt. In the case of assessing big risks, people could always tune to other states of consciousness for such tasks.
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Huxley already imagined it! "Christianity without tears – that's what soma is"
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