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Cruel optimism and lazy pessimism
Do you remember the avocado toast guy? I read Johann Hari’s Stolen Focus recently (you should read it, it’s great), and I learned that someone1 has come up with a name for this sort of modern reinterpretation of “let them eat cake”: cruel optimism. Cruel optimism, the way Hari interprets it2, boils down to the folly…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jan 17, 2023 | Cruel optimism and lazy pessimism by victorstanciu | 216 | 190 |
