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Weird, I've made the opposite experience than described in this blog post. Most people I know, including family, tend to be skeptical about any idea and immedia
by 13415 4y ago
Weird, I've made the opposite experience than described in this blog post. Most people I know, including family, tend to be skeptical about any idea and immediately come up with thousands of reasons why the idea is bad. Maybe I know too many negative people but I've always figured there are more naysayers than enthusiasts, and it's best to ignore the former.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoMy theory is that some ideas are so risky that skepticism has become endemic. If optimism is overabundant then people may waste so much effort on impossible fantasies everyone suffers. My guess is there is an optimal balance of both. Religion in particular feels like a phenomenon built on unchecked optimism. And it has no shortage of waste and grifters, at least IME.