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“There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent,…” quote by Ramez Naam — Download Open image

“There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.”

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