{"id":251268,"date":"2020-07-12T05:25:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T12:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=251268"},"modified":"2020-07-12T05:28:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T12:28:10","slug":"why-im-hopeful-and-optimistic-for-humankind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/12\/why-im-hopeful-and-optimistic-for-humankind\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Hopeful and Optimistic for Humankind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Humans are awesome. To be pessimistic and negative is easy. Takes more skill, courage and valor to be optimistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcgon be alright!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"3\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"787\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-251145\" data-id=\"251145\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D613FE67-59AD-4668-8835-79E9DDE26F0B-scaled.jpeg?resize=1180%2C787&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D613FE67-59AD-4668-8835-79E9DDE26F0B-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/021DAC99-FA14-4021-8B68-B2DBBB24405C-scaled.jpeg?resize=1180%2C787&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/021DAC99-FA14-4021-8B68-B2DBBB24405C-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/021DAC99-FA14-4021-8B68-B2DBBB24405C-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/021DAC99-FA14-4021-8B68-B2DBBB24405C-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/021DAC99-FA14-4021-8B68-B2DBBB24405C-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/021DAC99-FA14-4021-8B68-B2DBBB24405C-scaled.jpeg?resize=655%2C437&amp;ssl=1 655w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/021DAC99-FA14-4021-8B68-B2DBBB24405C-scaled.jpeg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why so many pessimistic losers in the world right now? My thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It is considered amoral and unethical to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153optimistic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d given all the pain and suffering in the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sign of decadence and decline in society. Signals of a <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/22\/our-new-soft-society\/\">soft society<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humans are awesome. To be pessimistic and negative is easy. 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