That only makes sense of optimism doesn't affect important choices. Which of course it does. As a lot of crypto investors who lost everything will tell you. E

That only makes sense of optimism doesn't affect important choices. Which of course it does. As a lot of crypto investors who lost everything will tell you. Even more important is something like climate change. Low-cognitive optimists are far more likely to say "It'll be fine" than the high-cognitive scientists who are running around screaming with their hair on fire metaphorically, before everyone's hair starts burning literally. Brexit was another example.