Internet Pessimism

Where have all the optimists gone?
Long time passing?

So many are so pessimistic nowadays.
Maybe it has always been that way.
Maybe we just hear more of it now because it it so easy to post a negative comment somewhere on the internet.

I don't really understand what all the fuss is about.
Things are clearly getting better all the time.

I see it in my neighborhood.
People are always busy making improvements. Down the block a big remodel is going on.
And a vacant house got renovated and a new tenant moved in. And across the street a house is for sale and I am sure some great people will be moving in before long.

And another house is in escrow. All this on just my block.
Everywhere people are busy and diligently making improvements. That is reality.

But there are the people who say " the world is headed for a brick wall."

I think those pessimists are lacking perspective. They are not seeing the big picture.
I love my new car. It is a great car. And it was not expensive. And it gets great miles per gallon. And it looks good!
People keep buying new cars and new everything. Things are cooking!
What are the pessimists looking at?

I see it like this.
If a guy makes a million dollars, he has a lot more than he used to.
He is better off.
But if he then loses half of it, he goes nuts!
But with perspective he would realize that he was still better off than he was before he made the million.

And really, we have not lost that much
the economy is only a little smaller than it was at the peak.
And we are swimming in wealth.
The biggest problem is overconsumption, that is why so many people are too fat!

But you just can't argue with the nabobs of negativity. They see the world as they see it.

But it is possible and reasonable to be positive about things.