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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.
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