Sometimes, the struggles we face, both as individuals and as a society, seem insurmountable. While there is much around us that is good, some problems and conflicts—personal, relational, political—can ...

Microsoft’s founder Bill Gates has long been the poster boy for success because the billionaire tech entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist got to where he is today based on his brilliant mind. But, ...

Bill Gates has found the perfect balance between optimism and pessimism, says Morgan Housel. This approach can be applied to any field of life, the psychologist writes in a new book. The Microsoft ...

Fifteen years ago as of May 18th, The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves was published. In it, prolific science writer Matt Ridley made clear – with copious evidence – that humanity's condition ...

Pessimism is the mood of 2023. “This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades,” warned JPMorgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, in mid-October. Wars, inflation, political rage in all major ...

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A question I’ve noted in the media of late: With sentiment noticeably more positive these days, should we be worried about the bull market’s imminent end? It’s a valid question. Remember Sir John ...

Optimism is the only realism. It’s the only world-view that squares with the facts, and with the historical record. Pessimism on the other hand is deeply -- almost weirdly -- counterintuitive, and yet ...

There are varieties of optimism, and some of them are, in fact, rational. Such forms of rational optimism were the topic of one of our recent papers at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard. One ...