Hacker News with Generative AI: Optimism

You could just choose optimism (quarter--mile.com)
There’s something strange and a little awe-inspiring about hearing someone ask for champagne on a two-hour domestic flight. What’s going on here? What are you celebrating? Champagne, really?
Life Choices, Travel, Optimism
146 points by surprisetalk 57 days ago | 102 comments
We need more optimistic science fiction (craig-russell.co.uk)
As a genre, science fiction has a proud heritage of shaping the future. We find it entertaining to imagine what the world could be like. Science fiction enables us to explore possible futures, and through exploring them, decide for ourselves what future we want to create.
Science Fiction, Future, Optimism
141 points by craig552uk 61 days ago | 199 comments
Why it's possible to be optimistic in a world of bad news (psyche.co)
What does it mean to be optimistic? We usually think of optimism as an expectation that things will work out for the best.
Optimism, Psychology, News, World Events
7 points by herbertl 123 days ago | 5 comments
Why are you so negative? (2024) (oftwominds.com)
I think it's more productive to go with Plan B: set aside our emotions and reluctance and start doing the hard work of dealing with polycrisis.
Optimism, Pessimism, Polycrisis, 2024
13 points by Red_Comet_88 160 days ago | 0 comments
Why the future of AI is neurosymbolic. (A rare optimistic post from Gary Marcus) (garymarcus.substack.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Gary Marcus, Optimism
36 points by garymarcus 334 days ago | 36 comments
Hope without optimism – transcription of a talk by Dave Snowden (2022) (github.com)
Hope, Optimism, Talks, Transcriptions, Dave Snowden
64 points by owulveryck 371 days ago | 19 comments