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How to be Miserable with Randy Paterson, PhD

Evidence-Based: A New Harbinger Psychology Podcast

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Are You a Product of Optimism?

i suspect that more human difficulties have been created from optimism than from pessimism. Drunk driving is a product of optimism, because if you didn't believe you were going to win, why would you ever do it? i think the planet is really in significant danger. We know, maybe not optimism that we would have, but ut of some environmental destruction. And our culture actually promotes that idea hat we should all be optimistic all the time.

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