💡 David Deutsch: Optimism, Pessimism and Cynicism
With so much progress in the world, how can pessimism still be widespread? It is because of cynicism, denying that “so-called-progress” is progress, argues David Deutsch, professor at Oxford University and one of the world's leading intellectuals on optimism.
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“If something is permitted by the laws of physics, then the only thing that can prevent it from being technologically possible is not knowing how.”
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David Deutsch is a professor at Oxford University and the founder of the field of quantum computing.
He is the author of the bestselling books The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity.
Deutsch is one of the world’s leading intellectuals on optimism.
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“...no wonderful discovery, invention or idea is named after a cynic.”
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