The Seven Laws of Pessimism
If life is better than ever before, why does the world seem so depressing?
Maarten Boudry
· 16 min read
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If life is better than ever before, why does the world seem so depressing?
But what’s now clear is that these strict interventions are necessary both for our health and our economy: Without decisive action, the pandemic will linger on, suffocating our economies week by week amid a climate of fear.
The mere climate pessimist is distinguished from the fatalist by his or her belief that the exercise of political courage can help us prevent the worst effects of global warmings before our planet is engulfed in horrors of Biblical proportion.