Statistically it was not greatly different than it had been for previous generations, but anecdotally it had become so prominent that every problem was noticed and remarked. The cognitive error called ease of representation thrust them into a space where every problem they witnessed convinced them they were in an unprecedented colapse. They were getting depressed.
School prepares you for the real world... which also bites.
He wastes his time over his writing, trying to accomplish what geniuses and rare men with college educations sometimes accomplish.
Our experience of the governments of the world, our knowledge of the weapons at their disposal, and our awareness of our own limitations justify pessimism. But some mysterious factor deep in the human psyche has produced a countervailing conviction that educating, organizing, uniting, and acting will make a difference.
A positive attitude is often way more important than education, money, and experience.
I definitely grew up on Garfield. I just loved his pessimism.
Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Pessimism is rife in Israel.
