Robert Wright on optimism

The Realism of Global Optimism

Optimism therefore the strengths.

An Optimistic Case for the Euro

Larry Brilliant makes the case for optimism

Optimism has given way to doubt.

The optimism is premature.

But this optimism is misplaced.

The response from the communities is encouraging.

My Government shares this optimism.

There is some cause for optimism.

Now, it gets better, I hope,

But such optimism may not be warranted.

So all in all, optimism has lots of benefits.

This is just not some blue sky thinking.

Fortunately, there is an alternative.

Unfortunately, there is no reason to be optimistic.

Piketty sees that as grounds to be a little optimistic.

There have also been other signs generating optimism this year.

These are optimistic times in the Middle East.

Optimism must be tempered with caution, however.

I'm going to talk to you about optimism or more precisely, the optimism bias.

But private optimism about our own personal future remains persistent.

Perhaps we should say the same thing about optimism.

Secondly, we need to aim off of the optimism of the generals.

And there are great moments of optimism.

And this hope, this optimism, endured a year of turbulent transition.

Yet, fortunately, there is no need for resignation.

They all seemed full of optimism about their political and economic future.

The dominant note was one of complacency or even optimism.

But there is reason to be hopeful.

Fortunately, this is not the case.

Second, the troika based its programs on overly optimistic assumptions.

The internal review showed that initial plans were overly optimistic.

There is room for optimism, but much hard work lies ahead.

Perhaps it would be appropriate for me to conclude on a note of optimism.

The dramatic end of the cold war created a wave of optimism.

And I therefore believe that optimism is what drives architecture forward.

Recently, Obama has introduced optimism at a sort of time of global financial crisis.

I alternated between moods of overoptimism and overpessimism.

There are many reasons why such optimism is not unreasonable.

But it is not simply Arafat s passing that provides cause for optimism.

Unfortunately, this view is both too sanguine and naïve.

There is little reason for optimism.

American optimism became as much a curse as a blessing.