Dan Fabulich wrote:
>
> Hey... here's a thought.
>
> Practical Optimism sounds bad, but Dynamic Optimism sounds like we're
> just REALLY optimistic.
>
> Since many people weren't very enthusiastic about the "Rational
> Thinking" principle anyway, what about "Rational Optimism," a
> combination of Practical Optimism and Rational Thinking?
>
> Is this as good as Dynamic Optimism? It sounds better than Practical
> Optimism, IMO, and still gets across what we mean. It's still not as
> strong as Dynamic, I think, but it communicates much better.
It depends a lot on who you are talking to, the local mindset. Heck,
with some people you can talk about creating a New Heaven and a New
Earth and that hooks way more energy than anything else. With other
people you start with something a little more directly rational,
technological.
One size will not fit all. One size will not even fit one in all moods
and POVs.
>
> As for Perpetual Progress... yes, it's not as poetic as Boundless
> Expansion, but more communicative, even though progress is vague
> enough to be conflated with the goals of the so-called "progressives."
> I always liked Boundless Improvement more than either of them...
> again, we're striving to become *better*, which is not necessarily
> *bigger*.
>
I would go for Endless Creative Joy myself. :-)
- samantha
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