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Dead Wrong: Does Pessimism Work?

Ever since Johan Norberg wrote an optimistic book on mankind’s progress some people have objected that we shouldn’t be so hopeful. We should be worried, because otherwise we don’t notice problems and work to solve them. But that is Dead Wrong.

Johan Norberg — Jan 18, 2018

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    Johan Norberg is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He is the author of, "Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future."

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