ZeroCool to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoNot to get too political but...i.postimg.ccimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up11.48Karrow-down131
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minus-squareHyperrealitylinkfedilink7•edit-29 months agoI don’t think things are getting worse in everyway. I think the prevalence of optimism bias has stayed relatively constant.
minus-square@Fizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months 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.
minus-square@Sotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months 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.
I don’t think things are getting worse in everyway. I think the prevalence of optimism bias has stayed relatively constant.
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.
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.