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Adapting for Modern Society
It's probably better to be irrational optimist than it is to be a rational cynic. Yet, thit's a completely rational frame on why you should be an optimist. We're genetically hard wired to be pessimists. But modern society is far, far safer. There are no tigers wandering down the street. It's very unlikely that you will end up in total ruin - although you should avoid total ruin much more likely. So adapting for modern society means overriding your pessimism and taking slightly irrationally optimistic bets. Because the upside is unlimited. If you start the next space x, for tesla or uber, you coun make billions of dollars of value for society and
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