> My own personal experience is that every single time I try to be positive about changing anything for the better in any way, the vast majority of humans I voice any "optimism" to are hell-bent on beating that "naïvety" out of me.
An optimist who insists on driving ahead without understanding the challenge he's taking on will almost always end up being a big problem for everyone.
> The problem I see is that humanity as a whole has much of what we need to build a Utopia for all...
> Perhaps instead of actively trying to find excuses to dissuade "optimists" from even trying, society might be better off trying to teach that supporting good ideas that benefit everyone is a good thing, not bad…
Lenin was an optimist who thought he and his comrades could build a "Utopia for all."
> ...but almost nobody actually wants a better world for anyone let alone for everyone....
> Perhaps instead of actively trying to find excuses to dissuade "optimists" from even trying, society might be better off trying to teach that supporting good ideas that benefit everyone is a good thing, not bad…
Come on. Pretty much everyone wants a better world for everyone, they just want different ones, and that's a difficult problem.
An optimist who insists on driving ahead without understanding the challenge he's taking on will almost always end up being a big problem for everyone.
> The problem I see is that humanity as a whole has much of what we need to build a Utopia for all...
> Perhaps instead of actively trying to find excuses to dissuade "optimists" from even trying, society might be better off trying to teach that supporting good ideas that benefit everyone is a good thing, not bad…
Lenin was an optimist who thought he and his comrades could build a "Utopia for all."
> ...but almost nobody actually wants a better world for anyone let alone for everyone....
> Perhaps instead of actively trying to find excuses to dissuade "optimists" from even trying, society might be better off trying to teach that supporting good ideas that benefit everyone is a good thing, not bad…
Come on. Pretty much everyone wants a better world for everyone, they just want different ones, and that's a difficult problem.