Glennon
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So we have cynics. And then can you tell us about optimists and then land us in hopeful skeptics?
No, they don't actually track very well if you actually read the book. But those are those negative book review writers. So you got to give them an outlet.
No, they don't actually track very well if you actually read the book. But those are those negative book review writers. So you got to give them an outlet.
No, they don't actually track very well if you actually read the book. But those are those negative book review writers. So you got to give them an outlet.
And when you talk about skepticism, which I love, skepticism is thinking if optimism is it's going to be good no matter what. And cynicism is it's going to be bad no matter what. and that's just the way the world is, then skepticism is this place in the middle, which is really the only place that lets new information in, right?
And when you talk about skepticism, which I love, skepticism is thinking if optimism is it's going to be good no matter what. And cynicism is it's going to be bad no matter what. and that's just the way the world is, then skepticism is this place in the middle, which is really the only place that lets new information in, right?
And when you talk about skepticism, which I love, skepticism is thinking if optimism is it's going to be good no matter what. And cynicism is it's going to be bad no matter what. and that's just the way the world is, then skepticism is this place in the middle, which is really the only place that lets new information in, right?
Because if you've already decided it's all good or it's all bad, there's no new information coming in. You talk about skepticism as in living and experiencing the world like a scientist would. So talk to us about what that looks like when you have that view.
Because if you've already decided it's all good or it's all bad, there's no new information coming in. You talk about skepticism as in living and experiencing the world like a scientist would. So talk to us about what that looks like when you have that view.
Because if you've already decided it's all good or it's all bad, there's no new information coming in. You talk about skepticism as in living and experiencing the world like a scientist would. So talk to us about what that looks like when you have that view.
I was told everything would be great. I get that.
I was told everything would be great. I get that.
I was told everything would be great. I get that.
Hope has some grit to it. Yes.
Hope has some grit to it. Yes.
Hope has some grit to it. Yes.
When we were talking about the certainty piece, that to me lands us, it feels like exactly at this crucible moment that we're in right now in the world. Because, and you talked about this so beautifully with Emil, the confusion that a lot of us have between beliefs and values and why we won't let new information in
When we were talking about the certainty piece, that to me lands us, it feels like exactly at this crucible moment that we're in right now in the world. Because, and you talked about this so beautifully with Emil, the confusion that a lot of us have between beliefs and values and why we won't let new information in
When we were talking about the certainty piece, that to me lands us, it feels like exactly at this crucible moment that we're in right now in the world. Because, and you talked about this so beautifully with Emil, the confusion that a lot of us have between beliefs and values and why we won't let new information in
Because we think our beliefs are our values and therefore we will go fight to the death for our beliefs because we believe that that's our values and we have to defend them.