![]() ![]() Whenever a bold (and perhaps foolhardy) pioneer managed to explore, engineer, or eat something new and lived to tell the tale, human culture grew in its complexity - and in its capacity for further creativity. It could be argued that humanity would not be where it is right now if not for legions of optimistic ancestors ignoring the local doomsayer’s warnings not to cross that river or build that tower or taste that strange new berry. The alternative to belief in positive outcomes can be resignation or despair, which are both painful and limiting. ![]() It is easy to understand why magical thinking’s core element, optimism, arose as a human trait, and why it persists. Related Legal Experts Settle on Definition for ‘Ecocide’ No local or global crisis will disappear if everyone assumes that someone else will fix it. Not only is this monumentally unfair to those who shoulder the responsibility, it wastes valuable time. They leave others to do the worry and the work. They hold society back from tackling its most pressing threats to equity, security, and even survival. Magical thinkers are content to simply sit on the sidelines and radiate good thoughts at those doing the heavy lifting to solve the world’s ills.īoth adamant deniers and cheerful magical thinkers refuse to contribute time and energy or make personal sacrifices to solve social problems. They are indulging in magical thinking - a mentality marked by excessive optimism and a dash of egocentrism. ![]() Just as dangerous to the common good is a person who fully accepts the existence of a problem, yet believes as a matter of course that everything will work out just fine. They refuse to participate in any solution for the simple reason that they believe them to be non-issues. They are said to be skeptical or in denial. T here has been much coverage in recent media of citizens who fail to acknowledge the existence of such global crises as Covid-19 or anthropogenic climate change. ![]()
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