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    Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 11 Feb 2018
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    Patrick Collison Retweeted Michael Shermer

    Interesting to set this survey data alongside @danwwang's post from a few months ago: https://danwang.co/definite-optimism-as-human-capital/ …. The US is running a huge optimism deficit.https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/962721085706846209 …

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    Michael ShermerVerified account @michaelshermer
    Only 13% of all (16% of Americans) think the world is getting better. Vast majority think it's getting worse. Here's a list of Top 10 thinkers (there are many others) trying to counter their pessimism with data. But we're not optimists so much as realists. https://unherd.com/briefings/unherds-optimists-thinkers-insisting-weve-never-good/?utm_content=bufferb4c8a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer … pic.twitter.com/alKPdkapEl
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      1. Subrahmanyam KVJ‏Verified account @SuB8u 11 Feb 2018
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        I frequently share this very good line, and blog, by @morganhousel. "Pessimism is intellectually seductive in a way optimism only wishes it could be." http://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-seduction-of-pessimism/ …

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      1. James Gross‏ @James_Gross 11 Feb 2018
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        we should start a foo camp-like series on optimism. also you would dig this piece in the New Yorker, I specifically like what Shackleton recruited for 1) optimism 2) patience 3) physical endurance 4) idealism 5) courage https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-white-darkness …

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      1. Gavin Sheridan‏Verified account @gavinsblog 11 Feb 2018
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        Hmm. 1) is optimism a function of population age, generally? and 2) was supply of food also a major contributor to population growth from 1800 on (leading to more people and less subsistence existence, and thus more innovating)?

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      1. Anna Gát‏ @TheAnnaGat 11 Feb 2018
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        Replying to @patrickc @danwwang

        That seems like a huge negative shift since, say, 1998.... (Even though I've just read Zuck's post re: @sapinker & how things are "gettin' better all the time." Oh well.)

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      1. David Neville‏ @Dave_Nev 11 Feb 2018
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        Not directly related to the article you shared but this got me thinking about actively seeking a more positive, optimistic outlook backed by data from my twitter feed. For anyone interested, I found @sapinker @MaxCRoser @OlaRosling @johanknorberg @mattwridley @michaelshermer

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      1. David Aron Levine‏ @davealevine 11 Feb 2018
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        Remember discussing this a few years back :-) Progress is Inevitable it just takes time.

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      1. un1crom‏ @un1crom 11 Feb 2018
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        Not the whole us. Just angry older midwestern people. Those not in that cohort are just bummed we’re still listening to that cohort whine.

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      1. Andu‏ @andupotorac 11 Feb 2018
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        Trump.

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      1. yacxara trujillo‏ @yacxarat 11 Feb 2018
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        We all have to learn how to be positive. No matter what is going on around us, we have to focus on good things. We are what we think and what we say.

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      1. Eric Wiesen‏ @ewiesen 11 Feb 2018
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        Pretty good evidence of the wisdom of crowds here.

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