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"Isn’t it telling that in modern usage the realist has become synonymous with the cynic–for someone with a pessimistic outlook? In truth, it’s the cynic who’s out of touch." (from "Humankind: A Hopeful History" by Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore, Elizabeth Manton)
Rule of thumb: Anything involving the future is an over-optimistic lie.
Rob Fitzpatrick • The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
"Isn’t it telling that in modern usage the realist has become synonymous with the cynic–for someone with a pessimistic outlook? In truth, it’s the cynic who’s out of touch." (from "Humankind: A Hopeful History" by Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore, Elizabeth Manton)
habitual cynicism
Elif Shafak • The Island of Missing Trees: A Novel
True cynics would never classify themselves as such, because it would mean that they know their view of the world is unjustly negative; despite their best efforts at being grumpy, a self-described cynic is secretly optimistic about normal human nature.
Chuck Klosterman • Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
John Perry Barlow • Evernote Viewer
Cynicism results from unrealistic expectations.
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong • Think Again: How to Reason and Argue
He was an affable curmudgeon, a refreshing truth-teller who inadvertently imbued a sense of both irony and hope in every sentence.