SOLO EPISOE: No guests, just Crystal exploring how a week of arguing with random men on the Internet prompted her to re-evaluate her definition of optimism.
In the 21st Century, should optimism be less about fate and more about active resourcefulness?
In the episode:
- Emotional stress of arguing with men on the Internet
- Traditional view of optimism as luck
- A new definition of optimism as resourcefulness
- How the final chapter of How to Win Every Argument shows how we’ve already made the world better
Links:
The Cut podcast episode on Optimism
The Power of Meaning, TED Talk by Emily Esfahani Smith
Is the World Getting Better or Worse? TED Talk by Steven Pinker
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