Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Optimism
06/10/2021
Nicholas Christakis: How We’re Wired for Goodness
05/16/2021
Jason Feifer Is the Only One Who Is Optimistic About the Future
Jason Feifer is the editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur magazine and host of two podcasts: Build For Tomorrow, a show about the things from history that shaped us and how we can shape the future and Problem Solvers, about entrepreneurs solving unexpected problems in their business.
04/17/2021
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo reflects on the lessons, rituals and gifts of the pandemic year
Poetry ‘can hold grief that’s too heavy to bear’
04/21/2021
How a Toxic Battle Over Wolves in Europe Became a Productive Conversation
04/10/2021
A Pep Talk from Steven Pinker
Despite what we see in the headlines, the data-driven optimist thinks we should be grateful to live in the best era in humanity’s long, troubled history
03/26/2021
Don’t Fear the Future
Americans have to learn to see promise, not threat, ahead again.
03/25/2021
Actually, We’re Doing Just Fine
Give us a pandemic, and we’ll give you: life satisfaction! Our latest newsletter explains why we're emerging from a very difficult year more resilient than ever.
03/24/2021
Brits still have a rosy outlook on life after lockdown–but that positivity could soon wane
We can’t blame the public in holding on to some optimism after the year we’ve had – but it’s very early days in understanding the long-term implications of the crisis
03/23/2021
World Happiness Report is out, with a surprising picture of global resilience
In a conclusion that even surprised its editors, the 2021 World Happiness Report found that, amid global hardship, self-reported life satisfaction across 95 countries on average remained steady in 2020 from the previous year.
03/22/2021
Steven Pinker, the Unabomber, Quantum Physics, and DMT | Nikita Petrov & John Horgan
03/18/2021
3 Ways the Pandemic Has Made the World Better
COVID-19 has inflicted devastating losses. It has also delivered certain blessings.
03/13/2021