Is it mad to be optimistic? The New Year is a time for reflection. But it is easy to forget that happy stories rarely make the headlines alongside all of the doom and gloom.
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Review of the year: Now for the good news!
Is it mad to be optimistic? The New Year is a time for reflection. But it is easy to forget that happy stories rarely make the headlines alongside all of the doom and gloom.
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"I would rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right," Albert Einstein is supposed to have remarked, but many of us still seem to have a preference for pessimism. We have compiled a list of the eight main reasons to be cheery about 2022:
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Is it mad to be optimistic?
Yes: It is nice to feel positive about the world, but these stories leave out the terrorist attacks, climate disasters and political misadventures which have populated most of the headlines this year.
No: We actually have a bias towards pessimism, because the depressing headlines are the most compulsively clickable. Good news is harder to come across, but celebrating our achievements teaches us to value each passing day.
Or... We need to prioritise balance. Many of these stories are a mixture of happy and sad events. For example, how can we celebrate Ukraine's successes when the war is still causing huge loss of life?
Keywords
Repressive - Preventing personal freedom.
Artificial Intelligence - Artificial intelligence, or "AI," is the ability for a computer to think and learn. With AI, computers can perform tasks that are typically done by people, including processing language, problem-solving, and learning.
Nasa - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, responsible for the US space programme.
Review of the year: Now for the good news!
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Repressive - Preventing personal freedom.
Artificial Intelligence - Artificial intelligence, or “AI,” is the ability for a computer to think and learn. With AI, computers can perform tasks that are typically done by people, including processing language, problem-solving, and learning.
Nasa - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, responsible for the US space programme.