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Let’s look at this big question again - should people be optimistic or pessimistic? This seems like a ridiculous question - of course one should pursue optimism, how could anyone pursue pessimism? Maintain pessimism? This greatly underestimates the appeal of pessimism. The reason pessimists love pessimism is that they feel pessimism is safe. If I’m pessimistic and my prediction of misfortune comes true, then I’m prepared; if I’m pessimistic but it surprisingly doesn’t happen, then I gain a pleas ...

After seeing clearly that “luck is the foundation of everything”, many people not only did not feel relieved, but became more nervous - so how can I be sure that I will continue to be lucky in the future? This is a very good question. Indeed, if luck is so crucial, doesn’t it make the future even more unpredictable for me? At this point, there are a few things you need to resolve: First, truly let go of your arrogance. What is truly letting go of arrogance? It means starting to recognize how po ...

In fact, the way out lies within the crisis itself. You were right in the first half - life is indeed full of risks beyond your control, lying in ambush to strike you at any time, and you don’t stand a chance against them. It’s natural to feel afraid at the thought of having to live like this for the rest of your life. But you also need to realize - the first half of your life was precisely lived in this way. In fact, there was not a moment in the first half of your life that was not spent navig ...

The longer a person lives, the higher the probability that they will encounter low-probability events with major destructive impacts. Firstly, a sufficiently long time span in itself means an inevitability that low-probability events will occur. It doesn’t matter if it happens, or if you get hit once, the problem is when you look back on the whole process, you’ll find that you have no way to exclude the possibility of it happening again in your next long-term plan. No matter what kind of plannin ...

Let’s first lay out these few restrictions, then look at two fundamental paths to overcoming depression. First, let’s talk about the first path - the fundamental mistake made by depressed people. What is this fundamental mistake? It is when one believes there is no hope left, and when all the people one believes in and looks up to also believe there is no hope, then one believes there really is no hope. If depressed people want to walk out of the dark cave where they cannot see any light, then r ...

#Pessimism and Optimism# Regarding solutions for pessimism, there are many popular answers. So let’s first set some basic standards for potentially qualified solutions: 1) Marginal utility cannot diminish. That is, the solution cannot gradually lose effectiveness. If it diminishes gradually, as the diminishing trend is noticed, it will in fact lose effectiveness the instant the diminishing trend is noticed. This is because pessimists are extremely sensitive - they are already highly vigilant fo ...