ZeroCool@feddit.ch to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNot to get too political but...i.postimg.ccimagemessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up11.48K
arrow-up11.48KimageNot to get too political but...i.postimg.ccZeroCool@feddit.ch to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-21 year agoI don’t think things are getting worse in everyway. I think the prevalence of optimism bias has stayed relatively constant.
minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThis isn’t optimism bias. Optimism bias is personal (“smoking causes cancer, but I should be fine.”) What you’re referring to is not optimism bias, but optimism viewed as a bias.
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoFor me it’s important to be optimistic because it allows you to keep working on an issue. If you think it’s over and everything is fucked you won’t work on the issue. You need to believe the issue can be fixed to take the steps to fix it.
I don’t think things are getting worse in everyway. I think the prevalence of optimism bias has stayed relatively constant.
This isn’t optimism bias. Optimism bias is personal (“smoking causes cancer, but I should be fine.”)
What you’re referring to is not optimism bias, but optimism viewed as a bias.
For me it’s important to be optimistic because it allows you to keep working on an issue. If you think it’s over and everything is fucked you won’t work on the issue. You need to believe the issue can be fixed to take the steps to fix it.