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phantom power

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3. Yes, well, the eternal debate -- is it pessimism, or is it realism?

Reply to LanternWaste (Reply #1)

Tue May 26, 2015, 11:19 AM

May 2015

Because our problems aren't actually being caused by a fictional machine broadcasting mystical waves of pessimism, and the solutions aren't actually just more positive thinking.

I contend that the main reason things keep getting worse is that we keep expecting some future technology to fix it all for us Any Day Now. It's too much optimism, not too little.

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I liked Tomorrowland, but it also reminded me a bit too much of Galt's Gulch [View all] phantom power May 2015 OP

What I enjoyed about the film was its almost complete lack of cynicism and nihilism LanternWaste May 2015 #1

Yes, well, the eternal debate -- is it pessimism, or is it realism? phantom power May 2015 #3

And its concomitant flip-side-- is it optimism or is it realism? LanternWaste May 2015 #5

I was surprised it bombed at the theater yeoman6987 May 2015 #8

I had a bit of that too el_bryanto May 2015 #2

On the way home, I asked my daughter.... phantom power May 2015 #4

I don't know el_bryanto May 2015 #6

Is Tomorrowland a university? Or a lifeboat? Or the project of human progress? phantom power May 2015 #10

Yes - i guess that hits the nail on the head el_bryanto May 2015 #11

I really enjoyed it. Agschmid May 2015 #7

I took my 10-year old son. He liked it. His take away was we have to save the world. aikoaiko May 2015 #9

I'm going to see it again olddots May 2015 #12