Sumit Paul-Choudhury

Yeah, I mean, people do say that, and I don't have a lot of time for realism. I think it's a fig leaf for ignorance a lot of the time. Not all the time, but a lot of the time, someone who says they're being a realist is simply saying, I don't want to engage with the possibilities. I'm going to stick to what I know and assume that carries on.

Yeah, I mean, people do say that, and I don't have a lot of time for realism. I think it's a fig leaf for ignorance a lot of the time. Not all the time, but a lot of the time, someone who says they're being a realist is simply saying, I don't want to engage with the possibilities. I'm going to stick to what I know and assume that carries on.

And what we know from history is that history doesn't really move in straight lines. If you look back at just the course of this past century so far, there have been a number of epochal events since the year 2000. Most of them were not kind of straight line continuations of where we were going or what we thought was going to happen.

And what we know from history is that history doesn't really move in straight lines. If you look back at just the course of this past century so far, there have been a number of epochal events since the year 2000. Most of them were not kind of straight line continuations of where we were going or what we thought was going to happen.

And what we know from history is that history doesn't really move in straight lines. If you look back at just the course of this past century so far, there have been a number of epochal events since the year 2000. Most of them were not kind of straight line continuations of where we were going or what we thought was going to happen.

If you were being a realist under those circumstances, I think you would have missed most of the surprises that we've had in the past 25 years.

If you were being a realist under those circumstances, I think you would have missed most of the surprises that we've had in the past 25 years.

If you were being a realist under those circumstances, I think you would have missed most of the surprises that we've had in the past 25 years.

I think it's more in the, it seems like it might be the case. I mean, the evidence, I mean, this is a contentious subject, right, is the degree to which the ad media diet, if you like, is making it hard for us to see any beyond that. I think there's a, I mean, personally, I think there is a degree of truth to that. It's hard to see how being exposed to negative information, bad news,

I think it's more in the, it seems like it might be the case. I mean, the evidence, I mean, this is a contentious subject, right, is the degree to which the ad media diet, if you like, is making it hard for us to see any beyond that. I think there's a, I mean, personally, I think there is a degree of truth to that. It's hard to see how being exposed to negative information, bad news,

I think it's more in the, it seems like it might be the case. I mean, the evidence, I mean, this is a contentious subject, right, is the degree to which the ad media diet, if you like, is making it hard for us to see any beyond that. I think there's a, I mean, personally, I think there is a degree of truth to that. It's hard to see how being exposed to negative information, bad news,

terrible news a lot of the time, often about things that are happening in places and at times where we really can't, at an individual level, do very much about them. It's hard to see how that doesn't take a psychological toll. It's very easy to think that that might have a negative effect. In terms of the causation, that is less well-researched, less well-attested.

terrible news a lot of the time, often about things that are happening in places and at times where we really can't, at an individual level, do very much about them. It's hard to see how that doesn't take a psychological toll. It's very easy to think that that might have a negative effect. In terms of the causation, that is less well-researched, less well-attested.

terrible news a lot of the time, often about things that are happening in places and at times where we really can't, at an individual level, do very much about them. It's hard to see how that doesn't take a psychological toll. It's very easy to think that that might have a negative effect. In terms of the causation, that is less well-researched, less well-attested.

It's not really clear how that feeds directly into our levels of optimism or otherwise.

It's not really clear how that feeds directly into our levels of optimism or otherwise.

It's not really clear how that feeds directly into our levels of optimism or otherwise.

Yeah, I mean, there's been a lot of work done in the past kind of couple of decades by people like Steven Pinker or the Max Rosa who runs the Our World in Data website that kind of show us that, you know, on a numbers basis, you know, it's a good time to be alive. And I think that's a good message. And I, you know, and I, you know, I support it. I mean, if you look at

Yeah, I mean, there's been a lot of work done in the past kind of couple of decades by people like Steven Pinker or the Max Rosa who runs the Our World in Data website that kind of show us that, you know, on a numbers basis, you know, it's a good time to be alive. And I think that's a good message. And I, you know, and I, you know, I support it. I mean, if you look at

Yeah, I mean, there's been a lot of work done in the past kind of couple of decades by people like Steven Pinker or the Max Rosa who runs the Our World in Data website that kind of show us that, you know, on a numbers basis, you know, it's a good time to be alive. And I think that's a good message. And I, you know, and I, you know, I support it. I mean, if you look at