Optimism
topic on 4 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2022
Capital Allocators 1 
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
American Optimist 
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Lonsdale: Smart people in science and engineering instinctively ask why ideas fail
“I think most people who had to consider smart people, you know, that I met at university or in science and engineering, I think their first question is usually why it won't work.”
Caldwell: Optimism is more fruitful than cynicism for builders
“If you're actually building things and you want to be a part of creating it. It's much easier and more fruitful to be optimistic and think about all the things you can do and think about what you personally can do and what you can work on. Versus just being li…”
Zu Fürstenberg: Cynicism kills creation, while experienced optimists drive progress
“I think the best in us are optimists with experience. The worst are cynicists when it comes to creation, because if you're cynical, like, there's no, you know, you just end up being nihilistic, right?”
Sharot: Perceived control drives personal optimism while lack of control causes societal pessimism
“One reason that I highlight is control. We believe. Our future will be good because we believe we can direct the wheel in the right direction, but we don't have control over the world at large and over our leaders. And so we're more pessimistic about that.”