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Episode #042 ... Optimism

2014/11/12
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主持人深入探讨了乐观主义和悲观主义的优缺点，以及这两种思维方式在个人生活和社会层面上的不同影响。文章首先分析了悲观主义产生的多种原因，包括个人经历、心理机制以及进化论的解释。主持人指出，悲观主义者往往会陷入他们自己警告乐观主义者会遇到的陷阱，变得冷漠和消极。文章还探讨了乐观主义在个人生活中的益处，例如更长的寿命、更强的免疫系统和更低的压力水平，并引用了丘吉尔、爱默生和马可·奥勒留等人的观点来支持这一论点。文章还探讨了乐观主义在社会层面的局限性，并以伏尔泰对莱布尼茨的批判为例，说明在涉及国家安全、气候变化等问题时，悲观主义可能更有益。伏尔泰认为，盲目乐观主义会导致人们对现实视而不见，阻碍人类进步。文章最后总结道，在个人生活中，乐观主义是有益的；但在国家治理和人类未来方面，悲观主义可能更有益。

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The episode begins by exploring the stigma attached to being a pessimist and delves into the motivations behind pessimism, contrasting it with optimism.

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On this episode, we explore the benefits and drawbacks of optimism. First, we examine the various motivations for pessimism, and hear what Winston Churchill, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Marcus Aurelius have to say about optimism. Next, we think about the vastly different implications of optimism in our personal lives and optimism on a societal level. Finally, we find out why Voltaire thought it was preposterous to think that we’re living in the best of all possible worlds and why he said, "Optimism is the madness of insisting all is well when we are miserable." All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This! 

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