Comment on Pessimism is a vital component for any healthy society
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days agoOooh, I got it now, sorry!
I’m not saying Pessimism can’t be taken to the extremes (same as some Optimists believe that Optimism is best, which is arguably why we’re still neck-deep in crap, but I digress). I wasn’t arguing for that, though, I was arguing for a healthy inclusion of Pessimism in our thought processes, just as we should do with Optimism.
Also, funnily enough, this is exactly why the thought hit me, I was thinking about just jow many people oppose Pessimism without even considering its worth, based on generalised preconceptions:))
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Funny, I’m typically used to people leaning towards pessimism as the “smarter” perspective, and optimists being considered in naive or ignorant to “How things really are.”
And reading your post in that context felt like reinforcement of that concept.
To be perfectly clear, I’m more optimistic, and I believe that if someone’s pessimism is constantly bringing them down, them they should probably not learn so hard into it. But I wouldn’t say one is better than another, we need as many differing perspectives as possible to create real working solutions.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Well, hey, fully valid that I may be biased in a similar way, but in reverse, having been surrounded mostly by people who refuse to see The Darkness even if it’s actively slapping them… In either case, I agree with you, it takes a balance between them, as always!
You’ve actually expressed my point way better than I have, so I guess that bias is at least present in the direction from which I approach expressing the idea:-?