This chapter explores the danger of blindly accepting optimism without questioning, the concept of hope masquerading as optimism, and the benefits of embracing qualified optimism.
All optimistic beliefs can be dangerous because they’re so comforting, so easy to accept without asking further questions. Hope often masquerades as optimism when you think things will improve only because the alternative is too scary to contemplate.
Every optimist needs to justify exactly why they're optimistic. In this episode, I offer my own three reasons.