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Material improvements since the mid-18th Century have been so remarkable and have so exponentially increased our comfort, safety, wealth and power, as to deal an almost fatal blow to our capacity to remain pessimistic - and therefore, crucially, to our ability to stay sane and content.
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I'd be curious to know how many pessimists were responsible for those "remarkable" and "exponential" increases to "our comfort, safety, wealth and power." Optimists create. Pessimists criticize. Opportunists sue them both.