> If it was reduce(lambda a,b: a+b,[ x.happiness for x in humanity ]) Well, when you put it that way, Batman... I'm very optimistic for my own life and for th

> If it was reduce(lambda a,b: a+b,[ x.happiness for x in humanity ]) Well, when you put it that way, Batman... I'm very optimistic for my own life and for things that I can manage. I'm not optimistic for humanity as a whole at any given time, nor am I pessimistic. History is history, and we are all victims of human nature. Good will happen, bad will happen, the lot of some will improve as the lot of others worsens.