🧠 Why are people so pessimistic about the future? Part 3 - our own brains
Our brains are on high alert when it comes to perceived danger. That was great thousands of years ago, but today the world is much less dangerous, and now our instinct makes us pessimistic.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Self-driving cars will be a freedom revolution for people with disabilities
💡 Self-driving cars will look different and be much cheaper to travel, meaning a freedom revolution for people with disabilities.
📺 Why are people so pessimistic about the future? Part 2 - the news media
Good journalism is one of the most important things we have in society. But news media is unbalanced and report much more negative news than positive, which gives us a distorted and pessimistic view of the world.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Self-driving cars will be really fast
Few humans can drive at 200 miles per hour, like an F1 driver, and it is very dangerous to do so. But that would be easy peasy for an autonomous vehicle.
🙈 Why are people so pessimistic about the future? Part I - wrong about the facts
A majority of people in the richest countries are pessimistic about the future. One reason is that they know less about humanity's progress than chimpanzees.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Self-driving cars will be extremely safe
💡 Self-driving cars will be many times safer than human-driven cars and save millions of lives and stop even more people from getting hurt.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Self-driving cars are almost here
💡 In 20 years humans will not be allowed to drive cars on regular roads, because computers by then will drive so much better. This will bring massive change, and lots of new opportunities. The time to start thinking about this is NOW.
📰 Does the Washington Post really drive away the darkness?
The news media says they impact our worldview and the decisions we make. That is true. But the worldview they present is too negative. What does that say about the worldview we get and the decisions we make?
💡 Optimist's Edge: Why we should make the future come sooner
Do you think fast progress is dangerous? Use the seat belt test. What if the seat belt had been invented ten years earlier? If progress in vehicle safety had been faster, thousands of lives would have been saved.