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Optimism

  1. the cut podcast
    The Other Side of OptimismFor her last episode with The Cut podcast, Avery Trufelman explores optimism through hardship.
    By the Cut
  2. the cut podcast
    Listen to the First Episode of The Cut Podcast NowEvery Wednesday, starting today.
    By the Cut
  3. science of us
    I Knew There Was More to Life Than All Those Guys Blogging About Stoicism“Be cheerful. Enjoy your life.”
    By Edith Zimmerman
  4. science of us
    Does Happiness Really Make You Healthier? It Depends on Where You LiveA new study makes the case that the effect varies by culture.
    By Olivia Campbell
  5. What Good Is Hope?Does optimism make you foolish, human, or both?
    By Drake Baer
  6. It’s Possible to Train Yourself to Be More OptimisticHaving a positive outlook is a teachable skill.
    By Cari Romm
  7. Bees May Have Feelings, and They’re Happiest With a Sugary SnackBees and I have that in common.
    By Cari Romm
  8. optimism
    How Relentless Optimism Can Hurt Sick PeopleIf you want to help a friend who’s sick, don’t force them to feel a certain way.
    By Jesse Singal
  9. You Should Visualize Positive and Negative Outcomes More OftenThis stuff has a woo-woo reputation, but it works if you know how to do it.
    By Jesse Singal
  10. expectations versus reality
    How Being Optimistic in Your Teens Comes Back to Haunt You in Your 30sSo no one told you life was gonna be this way?
    By Melissa Dahl
  11. A Nobel Prize–Winning Economist on Life in 2015What a time to be alive (but really). 
    By Melissa Dahl
  12. social psychology
    If Daniel Kahneman Had a Magic Wand He’d Rid the Human Race of Overconfidence Overestimating one’s own skills creates a false sense of security. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  13. In Defense of American Optimism It remains the most fundamental truth of United States history.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. optimism
    Will Tourists Stay Overnight in Staten Island?They’re putting a lot of hope in this Ferris wheel.
    By Dan Amira
  15. Optimism
    Prison Food, in a Good WayA feel-good story.
    By Alyssa Shelasky
  16. Five Reasons Why Eddie Murphy Will Make a Great Oscars HostIt was announced yesterday that the guy who voices Donkey in the Shrek movies — I think his name is Eddie something? — will host […]
    By Joshua Kurp
  17. bons mots
    Barney Frank to Playboy: ‘Antigay Prejudice Is Diminishing’“Places that have gay marriage have had none of the negative consequences that people warned us about.”
    By Mike Vilensky
  18. america!
    Nearly Half of America Feels Pretty Good Right Now!This is the best America has felt since April 2007.
    By Dan Amira
  19. i owe yous
    The New York Times Plans to Pay Back Carlos Slim Ahead of ScheduleSomehow.
    By Mike Vilensky
  20. cleaning up
    BP Official: Leak Could Be Stopped by Next WeekFirst the “junk shot,” now the “top kill.”
    By Josh Duboff
  21. optimism
    Greenspan Says Economy Has ‘Momentum’On heels of new jobs announcement, he says there is little chance now of double-dip recession.
    By Josh Duboff
  22. the downturnaround
    The Downturnaround Is Long NebraskaHugo Lindgren ponders heartland values, in his semi-regular digest of non-depressing economic news.
    By Hugo Lindgren
  23. the greatest depression
    America Surprisingly Optimistic About ThingsOr delusional, but who cares? Things are looking up!
    By Dan Amira
  24. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Christian Science Monitor’ Ceases Publication, Keeps Pushing Print EditionYou can still get at least 32 issues of the legendary paper, RISK FREE! Just don’t expect many more than that.
    By Chris Rovzar
  25. apropos of nothing
    Random Creep Shopping Jeremy Blake–Theresa Duncan Movie Script“Transistor-gators?”
  26. the take
    The Original ‘High School Musical’ Comes to New York