pessimism isn't about not hoping for better, it's for setting expectations so that if it's surprising then it's better
cynicism isn't about not hoping for better, it's for not letting hope for an unlikely better (or false beliefs that reality is better than it is) intervene with building a real better
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Date: 2022-02-19 09:27 pm (UTC)cynicism isn't about not hoping for better, it's for not letting hope for an unlikely better (or false beliefs that reality is better than it is) intervene with building a real better