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“As it is” is always temporary. Optimists change “what is”. Not all are going to succeed but some are and thats what moves us forward :)
by ThomPete 5y ago
“As it is” is always temporary. Optimists change “what is”. Not all are going to succeed but some are and thats what moves us forward :)
- dredmorbius 5y ago"As it is" in this case is not static to time. It includes dynamics, values, relationships, and heuristics of evolution. What I find hard to understand is that you pit realism as the antonym of optimsim. The correct antonym is pessimism. Both optimism and pessimism are biases. Realism is the absense of bias.
- ThomPete 5y agoI don't pit it as an antonym. I am simply responding to your claim that it's realism that moves things forward :) Realists are navigators, optimists are starters, pessimists are never-starters :) You need bias to move things forward.
- dredmorbius 5y agoThe word you're looking for isn't "optimism", it's "hope". That's perseverence without denial.
- ThomPete 5y agono optimist have hope, you cant be a hope. I am perfectly aware of the words i use :)
- dredmorbius 5y agoThe word describing someone having hope is hopeful.
- ThomPete 5y agoYes thats still not the same as a A realist, A pessimist or AN optimist.
- dredmorbius 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27222190 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27222190 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27223307 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27223307 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27225350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27225350
- dredmorbius 5y agoAnd the point is that you need multiple factors. Realism to correctly assess the situation and dynamics. Hope and/or perseverence to follow those through to their potential. Again: optimism denies reality. It gets you into trouble eventually, even if it can glide over some rough spots. At best, optimism can limit self-sabotage or inhibition. It does nothing to change the Universe itself.