When I watched Tomorrowland, this is the idea that struck me: that it had been a long time since I've seen anyone who was so determined to be optimistic. There

When I watched Tomorrowland, this is the idea that struck me: that it had been a long time since I've seen anyone who was so determined to be optimistic. There's a really great quote I came across in a comic [0]: Max: Fear is easy. Fear is cheap. Instead of fear, we're going to give the people hope. Sam: Fear vs. Hope. Hardly an even match. Max: That's because you think of hope as something light and fragile. My version of hope has calluses and dirt under the fingernails and isn't past bringing brass knuckles to a fight. I like to think there's a sort of grinding optimisim that really gets things done. Where people slog through the hard work, slowly and gradually dragging us to a slightly better future. You can knock a lot down with some FUD conflagration, but there's some stuff that will be lasting. And this article highlights stuff that will - at least - last a couple decades. [0] http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/Freefall http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/Freefall