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Pessimism Appears to Be the Intellectually Serious Position
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Pessimism Appears to Be the Intellectually Serious Position
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Brett Hall, Naval Ravikant
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May 17, 2021
Pessimism Appears to Be the Intellectually Serious Position
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May 17, 2021
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It's easy to be a pessimist—it's an easy trap to fall into. But it implies that humans are not creative. It doesn't acknowledge all the ways that we have innovated our way out of previous traps. And fundamentally, entrepreneurs are inherently optimistic because they get rewarded for being optimistic ... Intellectuals get rewarded for being
pessimistic.
Intellectuals Are Incentivized to Be Pessimistic; Entrepreneurs Are Incentivized to Be Optimistic
In fact, collaboration, cooperation, and resource exploitation will actually be the things that drive this knowledge economy forward so that we can solve these
problems.
Collaboration & Resource Exploitation Will Drive the Knowledge Economy Forward
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Why Naval Ravikant Regrets His 2-Part 'End Games' Podcast Interview
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Intellectuals Are Incentivized to Be Pessimistic; Entrepreneurs Are Incentivized to Be Optimistic
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Pessimists & Entrepreneurs Get Feedback from Different Sources
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Collaboration & Resource Exploitation Will Drive the Knowledge Economy Forward
Why Naval Ravikant Regrets His 2-Part 'End Games' Podcast Interview
Intellectuals Are Incentivized to Be Pessimistic; Entrepreneurs Are Incentivized to Be Optimistic
Pessimists & Entrepreneurs Get Feedback from Different Sources
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