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Sunday, October 12, 2025

"Courage, for Tomorrow will be worse" : George Smoot

 Astrophysicist (UC - Berkeley) wrote chapter

on "WHAT ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT?"

edited by John Brockman 

In the face of bleak scientific forecasts

and inevitable erasure of achievement,

how is one to find a more optimistic

philosophy?

Courage,

Optimism

Hope

Firm belief that humans have potential for greatness

. . .I (George Smoot) personally am an

optimist in many ways. . I invest time and effort

in my work and my health. . .Investing in

yourself and in others is the hope for the 

future.  The genius works produced by the

great writers, activists, artist, musicians,

scientists are proof of the power of the

human spirit and what can result when innate

talent is combined with hard work and devotion.

I look forward to the immediate future,

as a part of the human slog toward a better

culture and a better society in spite of the

constant flux of misguided craziness.

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