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I think an optimistic look at important things being broken is that you have an opportunity to learn more about those things, and make changes both to fix it an

by 8note 4y ago

I think an optimistic look at important things being broken is that you have an opportunity to learn more about those things, and make changes both to fix it and avoid the same problem again.

andrewflnr 4y ago
That's more reasonable, but it's not (AFAICT, anyway) the kind of optimism being discussed as "American optimism".