Stewart Brand Says He’s Still an Optimist

Re:Stewart Brand Says He’s Still an Optimist by user8501 on Monday November 07, 2022 @12:50PM (#33509353)

You’re making a qualitative judgement by saying a sunny view of a situation might be “inaccurate”. That’s not for anybody to judge except the individual holding the sunny view. And if their perspective needs correction, again only they can say if that’s the case or not.

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Re:Stewart Brand Says He’s Still an Optimist by aussiesnack on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:39PM (#33511191)

You don't have any idea what optimism and pessimism mean. And your radical individualistic epistemology is absurd in the extreme.

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Re:Stewart Brand Says He’s Still an Optimist by user8501 on Monday November 07, 2022 @07:57PM (#33514702)

Please explain to me what they mean then. And then explain how embracing one’s optimism is a “cognitive mistake almost by definition”.

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