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No Stupid Questions · 2024-11-24 · 39 min · 6,461 words

221. Why Are We So Pessimistic?

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I am ready. Let's go. I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Mike Maughn. And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.

Today on the show. Are we becoming more pessimistic as a society? Yeah, it's really hard to have hope for the world. Yeah, I really wonder if there's any real purpose to my life. Mike, I have a question for you and me from somebody who's very special to me.

And that is Jason Duckworth. Oh, I love it. Hello, Jason. Fan favorite. Well, Maybe he's my favorite fan. He's wondering whether we're getting more pessimistic. And not Jason and Angela. He means like is humanity getting more pessimistic? He's probably Speaking of Americans, I mean he's just

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