Why Good Societies Are Pessimistic

We may associate pessimism with bad things, but at a political level, the world’s best societies are all experts at pessimism. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/4YZ68 Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/7_NN0 FURTHER READING “It might be normal to imagine that a good society would be one in which a majority of people held optimistic views about themselves, their fellow citizens and their prospects for their collective futures. But, in fact, quite the opposite appears to be true: deep pessimism seems a key ingredient for the maintenance of any good society…” You can read more on this and other subjects here: https://goo.gl/o8cnwf MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on CAPITALISM in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLcapitalism SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ X: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Phil Tibb https://www.philltibb.com/ #TheSchoolOfLife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices