Spencer Cox: “In the history of the world, good things have never just…”

“He said, I hate optimism. That sounds bad. But he said optimism is a vice. It's this idea that good things are just going to happen. And he said, In the history of the world, good things have never just happened. He says, I'm not optimistic, but I am hopeful. And hope is the virtue that sits between the vices of optimism and pessimism.” (08:41–08:45)

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