Humans are wired to be more sensitive to negative information than positive information, which can lead to excessive pessimism and anxiety.

“well it might be a consequence of our of the human tendency to overweight negative information right we're wired to be more sensitive to threat and to pain than we are to hope and and pleasure”

Pessimism regarding the future is consistently proven wrong, as human history is defined by constant improvement despite ongoing alarmist warnings.

“so already then he was fed up with the doomsters saying it can't get better it's been getting better in the past but it's going to get worse in the future and that's what every generation says and i think so far they've been wrong and i think there's a good chance they're wrong now”

Rational optimism is the belief that while the future will be better than the present, the path toward it will be filled with constant setbacks and crises.

“my definition of rational optimism was you you think the future is going to be better than it is today but the path between now and then is going to be a disaster it's going to be a constant field of landmines and setbacks and recessions and bare markets and pandemics and wars”