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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 28 Oct 2014

    If Everything Is Getting Better, Why Do We Remain So Pessimistic? http://www.cato.org/events/everything-getting-better-why-do-we-remain-so-pessimistic … via @CatoInstitute

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      1. V K M‏ @vamsee_k 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @pmarca @CatoInstitute --> fear of #recessions as memories of .com & real estate #bubbles linger...

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      1. Faris‏Verified account @faris 1 Nov 2014
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        If our reach does not exceed our grasp...“@sapinker: If Everything Is Getting Better, Why So Pessimistic? http://www.cato.org/events/everything-getting-better-why-do-we-remain-so-pessimistic …

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      1. Chad Oliver‏ @EternalCMO 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker The news also tends to focus on the negative because that's where the ratings spike. I guess it's in our nature to be drawn to it.

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      1. Chad Oliver‏ @EternalCMO 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker Because people are still watching mainstream news, which hyperbolizes issues,such as Ebola,& plain makes shit up to get 1st scoop.

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      1. J. Bob O'Malley‏ @jimomal77 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @pmarca @CatoInstitute Personally, I simulate everything at worst case conditions. (mil. spec.)

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      1. Yves Behar‏ @yvesbehar 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @pmarca @CatoInstitute reminds me of an old t-shirt slogan: "everything looks perfect, no-one's happy"

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      1. george linker‏ @georgelinker 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @CatoInstitute if there is one hungry, one caught in violence, one with nothing to hope for don't pat yourselfs on the back

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      1. Brian J Naslund‏ @BrianJNaslund 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @sullivanradio @CatoInstitute Academic institutions & International organizations huh, well I feel so much better now.

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      1. maru‏ @AdvFed 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker More choice = more anxiety. More people = less freedom. The more we have, the more we want; we are consumers, not citizens.

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      2. CR Chandrasekar‏ @crc8 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @pmarca @CatoInstitute because pessimism is a luxury only the well off can afford; the poor are optimistic:it can only get better!

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      3. J. Bob O'Malley‏ @jimomal77 28 Oct 2014
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        @crc8 @sapinker @pmarca @CatoInstitute don't want to lose what you have vs. you have nothing to lose.

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      1. contrarymary‏ @thinkingmaybe 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @sullivanradio @CatoInstitute Americans seem to agree we're going in the wrong direction. Guess it depends on what you call better

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      1. mispeert‏ @mispeert 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @CatoInstitute .Human nature..Go figure

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      1. Angry Harry‏ @AngryHarrysPage 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @CatoInstitute Because #feminists and other victims groups flood the airwaves with hostility & negativity in order to get funding.

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      1.  🌊(((Robert Boyle))) 🌊‏ @Valdensius 28 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @CatoInstitute Because of the warnings from Georgescu-Roegen, Thomas Robert Malthus, and Jared Diamond.

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