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Keeping cool in the face of eco-anxiety with Britt Wray

The Decision Corner

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What Is the Difference Between Optimism and Pessimism?

In the west, we have this idea that somehow bad feelings are bad. Unlike the range of human emotion, grief is something that when you're ready for it, can lead to mendous growth. We don't just tell our story as individuals completely balkanized from the other people around us. Stories are what give us communal identity. They're not our stories individually alone to tell. And we think these pictures of the gauzy past may become the defining narrative of our time. Now, i argue that the rise in distress means that the transative work needs to begin on the surface and be met with head on. I'm hoping that you can help us to open up what do we

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