top | item 37617586 (no title) thisiswater | 2 years ago Acknowledge the sadness, but fight the depression. Act. We can only do our best. discuss order hn newest pipo234|2 years ago Indeed.I think I recently heard Cory Doctorow phrase it like this: Both pessimists and optimists are essentially fatalists. Ie.: at the core it's more important to believe you can make a change, than to "know" what "will" happen. dredmorbius|2 years ago That's Doctorow's prescription of hope rather than "optimism" or "pessimism".Hope reserves agency.Optimism and pessimism both presume an outcome regardless of action, and absolve responsibility. load replies (1)
pipo234|2 years ago Indeed.I think I recently heard Cory Doctorow phrase it like this: Both pessimists and optimists are essentially fatalists. Ie.: at the core it's more important to believe you can make a change, than to "know" what "will" happen. dredmorbius|2 years ago That's Doctorow's prescription of hope rather than "optimism" or "pessimism".Hope reserves agency.Optimism and pessimism both presume an outcome regardless of action, and absolve responsibility. load replies (1)
dredmorbius|2 years ago That's Doctorow's prescription of hope rather than "optimism" or "pessimism".Hope reserves agency.Optimism and pessimism both presume an outcome regardless of action, and absolve responsibility. load replies (1)
pipo234|2 years ago
I think I recently heard Cory Doctorow phrase it like this: Both pessimists and optimists are essentially fatalists. Ie.: at the core it's more important to believe you can make a change, than to "know" what "will" happen.
dredmorbius|2 years ago
Hope reserves agency.
Optimism and pessimism both presume an outcome regardless of action, and absolve responsibility.