The Seven Laws of Pessimism If life is better than ever before, why does the world seem so depressing? Maarten Boudry 26 Jan 2024 · 16 min read
An Optimist’s Case for COVID-19 Lockdown, Our Safest and Quickest Path Back to Normalcy 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. Jonathan Kay 18 Mar 2020 · 10 min read
In Defense of Climate Optimism 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. Ryan Glaubke 15 Nov 2018 · 7 min read