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Founder of Pioneer (https://pioneer.app ). Also run YC AI (https://ycombinator.com/ai ). Prev Director at Apple via Cue (@cueup) acquisition. d@dcgross.com.

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    Daniel Gross  💡‏ @danielgross Aug 27

    Why does the pessimistic outlook come to mind easier than the optimistic? How could you change that?

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      2. Brian Armstrong‏Verified account @brian_armstrong Aug 28
        Replying to @danielgross

        Practice writing appreciations every day. I have a roof over my head, enough food to eat, etc. It's a skill you can learn, but like anything else requires practice.

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      2. Keith Rabois‏ @rabois Aug 27
        Replying to @danielgross

        Risk aversion is hard wired into brains.

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      2. tylercowen‏Verified account @tylercowen Aug 27
        Replying to @danielgross

        The last chapter of my book *In Praise of Commercial Culture* deals solely with this question.

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      2. Arianna Simpson‏ @AriannaSimpson Aug 27
        Replying to @danielgross

        I don’t think that’s the case for everyone

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      1. Palak Zatakia‏ @palakzat Aug 27
        Replying to @danielgross

        “Hearing that the world is going to hell is more interesting than forecasting that things will gradually get better over time, even if the latter is accurate for most people most of the time.” http://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-seduction-of-pessimism/ … — a must read article.👌

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      1. Si Te Feng‏ @fengsite Aug 27
        Replying to @danielgross

        Just read some of the @pioneerdotapp applications

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      1. Kevin the scary Halloween vampire or whatever‏ @KevinLHough Aug 27
        Replying to @danielgross

        Probably because people instinctively respond to external stressors more than they plot to preempt them. This can be changed by proactively addressing potential or actual threats.

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      1. Daniel Keyes‏ @danieljkeyes Aug 28
        Replying to @danielgross

        I think it's a System 1 vs. System 2 decision. The pessimistic outlook requires much less analytical processing. Things go bad easily, but for the perfect optimistic outcome we need to imagine the interplay of all of the successes. Harder to forsee/consider all of that in advance

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      1. Fahran Kamili  🇺🇸‏ @fhrn Aug 27
        Replying to @danielgross

        You could be a stoic. Accept that the pessimistic outcome might be true, but realize the fact that you will most likely survive it and be "ok"

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      1. Fräulein Crypto‏ @JoLeeSchneider Aug 27
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        According to research it's actually the opposite. It's called the optimism bias. It's basically telling us our brain is hardwired for seeing the glass half-full.

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      1. stefan dyckerhoff‏ @stefandyckerhof Aug 27
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        you can't - we're screwed ;)

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      1. Emma Salinas‏ @emmalsalinas Aug 27
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        Gratitude.

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      2. Ruben Gomez‏ @rubenzeo12 Aug 27
        Replying to @danielgross

        The number of steps it takes to complete a problem (infinite) versus the number of steps it takes to not do the problem at all (zero).

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      3. Ruben Gomez‏ @rubenzeo12 Aug 28
        Replying to @rubenzeo12 @danielgross

        To quote my favorite behavioral economist @R_Thaler - make it easy. Visually represent the number of steps. Do some of the work for them until they’ve developed some form of tenacity.

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      2. Dave Mongan 🍩‏ @dmongan Aug 27
        Replying to @danielgross

        If pessimism/risk aversion is hardwired (per @rabois), which lines up with psychology, then optimism is an active process that needs to be habituated in order to become the default. Journaling daily on best-case scenarios could work.

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