“If you’re an intellectual, paying even the slightest bit of attention to what is happening in the world, you are expected to be pessimistic about everything. It’s all going to hell, and we’ve got our foot on the gas. It’s easy to lean into that. No one will ever fault you for decrying the state of affairs of men. No one will ever blame you for predicting the worst. It’s much harder to present an optimistic outlook.”

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https://medium.com/ellemeno/my-lifelong-obsession-with-hope-552170458b22