The article makes pretty much the same arguments he made in his 2010 book "The Rational Optimist"[1]. Although I mostly agree with the overall message, I have t

The article makes pretty much the same arguments he made in his 2010 book "The Rational Optimist"[1]. Although I mostly agree with the overall message, I have the same qualms with this article as I did with the book, namely the almost total lack of references, and often uselessly manipulative language. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rational_Optimist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rational_Optimist