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Squid #8 - Optimism - The Argument For and Against

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Optimism is an attitude reflecting a belief or hope that the outcome of some specific endeavour, or outcomes in general, will be positive, favorable, and desirable. A common idiom used to illustrate optimism versus pessimism is a glass filled with water to the halfway point: an optimist is said to see the glass as half full, while a pessimist sees the glass as half empty.

  • Can you be overly optimistic?
  • Can you be overly pessimistic? Or even realistic?

And how do these two worlds balance each other?
DAS gets back to insulting Peter (encouraged by a listener he alleges) and Peter goes down the path of Nuns and happiness (and he has no-one but himself to blame for this)

  continue reading

25 episodes

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Manage episode 348057980 series 3302880
Content provided by David Ayling-Smith and Peter Taylor, David Ayling-Smith, and Peter Taylor. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by David Ayling-Smith and Peter Taylor, David Ayling-Smith, and Peter Taylor or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

Optimism is an attitude reflecting a belief or hope that the outcome of some specific endeavour, or outcomes in general, will be positive, favorable, and desirable. A common idiom used to illustrate optimism versus pessimism is a glass filled with water to the halfway point: an optimist is said to see the glass as half full, while a pessimist sees the glass as half empty.

  • Can you be overly optimistic?
  • Can you be overly pessimistic? Or even realistic?

And how do these two worlds balance each other?
DAS gets back to insulting Peter (encouraged by a listener he alleges) and Peter goes down the path of Nuns and happiness (and he has no-one but himself to blame for this)

  continue reading

25 episodes

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