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The Optimist: One Man's Search for the Brighter Side of Life
Book by LAURENCE SHORTER
320 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2009
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May 18, 2009
Let’s get a couple of things straight here before we start. I would never have brought this book in a month of Sundays. Had I seen it lying on one of the 3 for 2 tables in Waterstones I wouldn’t have given it a second glance. Had I seen it marked down in a bargain bin in Bookworld for 99p I wouldn’t have bought it. The only reason I read it was because I was sent a review copy.
The main reason I wouldn’t have picked the book is that it’s about optimism and I’ve always considered myself a dyed-in-the-wool pessimist although I have been known to fake realism on a good day.
The book does nothing to dissuade me but I have to say that those optimists (so called) are an entertaining bunch especially the Californian ones. And so is the author who takes his self-imposed task of becoming an optimist very seriously and it's a bit sad actually to see him thwarted left, right and cantre.
More fun that I expected to be honest and a nice distraction from some of the literary fiction I usually read.
You can read a full review on my website if you click on this link.
The main reason I wouldn’t have picked the book is that it’s about optimism and I’ve always considered myself a dyed-in-the-wool pessimist although I have been known to fake realism on a good day.
The book does nothing to dissuade me but I have to say that those optimists (so called) are an entertaining bunch especially the Californian ones. And so is the author who takes his self-imposed task of becoming an optimist very seriously and it's a bit sad actually to see him thwarted left, right and cantre.
More fun that I expected to be honest and a nice distraction from some of the literary fiction I usually read.
You can read a full review on my website if you click on this link.
August 7, 2017
I tried to persevere with this book but gave up in the end.I know others that have enjoyed this book but it just couldn't hold my interest.
December 30, 2019
I found this trite and silly, and actually pretty depressing. I stuck with it as long as I could, but did not finish.
December 10, 2015
This book caught my eye at the library - I'm not sure if I would have heard of it, or read it otherwise (interesting that all other reviewers made similar excuses for reading it - maybe we're slightly embarrassed?) Anyway, it's based on an interesting idea - what makes people want to 'jump out of bed' each morning with enthusiasm and positivity/ And he goes off to meet with positive, optimistic people (I think, really - it's hard to tell if all the interviews with famous people are completely true or not). It becomes a little annoying after a while, but that is, in itself, a good thing (I could hear a more flippant version of myself, ruminating and over-thinking things) and seeing it from the outside was a bit of an awakening. If you are wanting something that provides useful advice and helps you along a path, this is not the book for you (it glosses over things too quickly), and if you want a laugh out loud read, well, it tries, but it is not THAT funny. But it was entertaining - in an irritating way. And that's not a bad thing
May 15, 2019
Given the choice, would you rather hang out with optimists or pessimists? It seems like a simple choice doesn’t it? Wouldn’t we all choose a life uplifted by rubbing shoulders with perpetually sunny cheery glass-half-full types over one dragged down and depressed by those who always expect to lose a fiver and find a shirt button?
Laurence Shorter’s book ‘The Optimist‘ is a one-man quest to uncover the secret of optimism and is based on the premise that optimists have better lives – or maybe optimists just cope better when faced with adversity. That’s part of the problem; it’s quite hard to get a clear idea of why Shorter really wants to discover the secret of positivity. He believes that if he can become an optimist, then his life will be better and he will be more successful.
Shorter doesn’t at first glance appear to have all that much to be optimistic about. His career’s going nowhere, he’s not achieved much in his life, he’s still living with his grumpy father and his love-life’s not exactly stunning either. However, he’s convinced that somewhere, somehow he can find the secret of optimism and make both his life and those of his readers so much better. How? Well in this case by going off and trying to track down the most optimistic people in the world so that he can learn from them.
Shorter starts off by making a list of all the reasons to be depressed which includes Victoria Beckham, plastic bags and the decline of English grammar. With a little more research, the list just gets longer. In order to stem the rising tide of negativity, he sets off to find optimists across a wide range of walks of life. Early meetings include a session with Tim Smit, the chap who set up the Eden Project and in no time Shorter’s friends are helping to set up encounters so that he can be patronised by Harold Pinter and ridiculed by Bishop Desmond Tutu. He has a characteristically jolly encounter with Richard Branson who seems incapable of being down about anything. He’s soon sending emails to all sorts of people – Prince Charles, Bill Clinton (repeatedly), and President Ahmedinajad of Iran. When he doesn’t succeed with Ahmedinajad, he’s soon writing (in a fake name – he might be optimistic but he’s also scared) to one of the Ayatollahs, proposing peace and reconciliation with the Israelis. He’s on the phone to Ashley Judd learning about her work in Indian slums, he’s bobbing off around the world meeting a surfing rabbi, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide and the Dalai Lama’s interpreter who might just be the happiest man in the world. Some of the most inspiring people turn out to have the least to be optimistic about and include a woman with cancer who just squeezes every last drop of happiness out of every day.
As the book progresses Shorter attempts to define and control the concept of Optimism, drawing graphs and diagrams, putting together equations and building models. He meets exponents of a wide range of religious and philosophical theories and tries his hand at ‘cosmic ordering’ which results in the loan of a VW Campervan for the weekend. He trots around after a ‘girlfriend’ who has told him from the very beginning that she doesn’t ‘do’ relationships and you are left thinking ‘Laurence, mate, that’s not optimism, that’s stupidity’. The problem is that the more he looks and the further he searches, the less clear it all becomes until eventually, he realises that the secret of Optimism seems to be simply not caring about anything too much.
Most readers will be looking for Shorter to entertain them and/or lift the lid on the secret of happiness. He’s not really funny enough for the former and the theories just don’t gel for the latter. The jokes wear a little thin after a while and I did on many occasions have an urge to shout “Stop messing about Laurence and get yourself a proper job” but in its own strange gentle way, I was inspired by his book. Not perhaps in the way I should have been or in the way that Shorter intended but some of the people he interviewed really made me think about how we look at life.
Another inspiring aspect was realising that if you REALLY want to make contact with someone – in his case, Bill Clinton was his Holy Grail – you can get there if you stick at it. The range of people who would reply to an unsolicited email from a total stranger and even meet that person surprised me too and made me think that perhaps we should all once in a while use that ‘contact’ button on a celebrity’s website and see whether they will reply.
Laurence Shorter’s book ‘The Optimist‘ is a one-man quest to uncover the secret of optimism and is based on the premise that optimists have better lives – or maybe optimists just cope better when faced with adversity. That’s part of the problem; it’s quite hard to get a clear idea of why Shorter really wants to discover the secret of positivity. He believes that if he can become an optimist, then his life will be better and he will be more successful.
Shorter doesn’t at first glance appear to have all that much to be optimistic about. His career’s going nowhere, he’s not achieved much in his life, he’s still living with his grumpy father and his love-life’s not exactly stunning either. However, he’s convinced that somewhere, somehow he can find the secret of optimism and make both his life and those of his readers so much better. How? Well in this case by going off and trying to track down the most optimistic people in the world so that he can learn from them.
Shorter starts off by making a list of all the reasons to be depressed which includes Victoria Beckham, plastic bags and the decline of English grammar. With a little more research, the list just gets longer. In order to stem the rising tide of negativity, he sets off to find optimists across a wide range of walks of life. Early meetings include a session with Tim Smit, the chap who set up the Eden Project and in no time Shorter’s friends are helping to set up encounters so that he can be patronised by Harold Pinter and ridiculed by Bishop Desmond Tutu. He has a characteristically jolly encounter with Richard Branson who seems incapable of being down about anything. He’s soon sending emails to all sorts of people – Prince Charles, Bill Clinton (repeatedly), and President Ahmedinajad of Iran. When he doesn’t succeed with Ahmedinajad, he’s soon writing (in a fake name – he might be optimistic but he’s also scared) to one of the Ayatollahs, proposing peace and reconciliation with the Israelis. He’s on the phone to Ashley Judd learning about her work in Indian slums, he’s bobbing off around the world meeting a surfing rabbi, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide and the Dalai Lama’s interpreter who might just be the happiest man in the world. Some of the most inspiring people turn out to have the least to be optimistic about and include a woman with cancer who just squeezes every last drop of happiness out of every day.
As the book progresses Shorter attempts to define and control the concept of Optimism, drawing graphs and diagrams, putting together equations and building models. He meets exponents of a wide range of religious and philosophical theories and tries his hand at ‘cosmic ordering’ which results in the loan of a VW Campervan for the weekend. He trots around after a ‘girlfriend’ who has told him from the very beginning that she doesn’t ‘do’ relationships and you are left thinking ‘Laurence, mate, that’s not optimism, that’s stupidity’. The problem is that the more he looks and the further he searches, the less clear it all becomes until eventually, he realises that the secret of Optimism seems to be simply not caring about anything too much.
Most readers will be looking for Shorter to entertain them and/or lift the lid on the secret of happiness. He’s not really funny enough for the former and the theories just don’t gel for the latter. The jokes wear a little thin after a while and I did on many occasions have an urge to shout “Stop messing about Laurence and get yourself a proper job” but in its own strange gentle way, I was inspired by his book. Not perhaps in the way I should have been or in the way that Shorter intended but some of the people he interviewed really made me think about how we look at life.
Another inspiring aspect was realising that if you REALLY want to make contact with someone – in his case, Bill Clinton was his Holy Grail – you can get there if you stick at it. The range of people who would reply to an unsolicited email from a total stranger and even meet that person surprised me too and made me think that perhaps we should all once in a while use that ‘contact’ button on a celebrity’s website and see whether they will reply.
November 5, 2017
This audiobook oscillated between highly entertaining and deeply annoying and I finally gave up listening to it around Chapter 9, realising that there's still another 15 or so chapters to go. I was impressed with the roll-call of famous people that he interviewed for his research, from Desmond Tutu, Richard Branson to Martin Seligman. For a first time author to have secured these interviews was seriously impressive and I was intrigued with how he would spin this material. The author started with a grandiose vision of how his change to being an optimist was going to change all of his life's problems - obviously meant to be satirical, his tone nonetheless came off as rather mocking at times for those who DO want to exhibit an optimistic attitude and I felt that it had the opposite effect that he probably intended quite often. The fact that the audiobook (read by Mark Perry) came complete with all kind of awfully imitated accents made it all the more unbearable. So alas, I will never find out what actually happened at the end of the book.
October 26, 2020
An incredibly small-minded, self-obsessed Englishman travels around the world talking to largely selfless, often deeply spiritual people about optimism.
The 2 stars that this book earns are for the moments where our narrator shuts up for 5 minutes to allow his interviewees to talk. They share some wonderful insights into living a more positive, selfless life in which one can hope to find happiness through finding one’s true purpose.
The rest of the book is spent bemoaning the fact that no one loves him and he can’t force his girlfriend to stay with him through cosmic ordering.
No real conclusion, he eventually just decided that nothing matters anyway.
The 2 stars that this book earns are for the moments where our narrator shuts up for 5 minutes to allow his interviewees to talk. They share some wonderful insights into living a more positive, selfless life in which one can hope to find happiness through finding one’s true purpose.
The rest of the book is spent bemoaning the fact that no one loves him and he can’t force his girlfriend to stay with him through cosmic ordering.
No real conclusion, he eventually just decided that nothing matters anyway.
January 13, 2020
I thoroughly enjoyed the interviews and each individual's personal take on how and what it means to be optimistic. An impressive rainbow of beliefs and interpretations are presented. Some inspiring, some baffling. I just got a bit tired of the author's personal journey. Probably because his "girlfriend" seemed pretty unlikeable and he just kept scheming how he was going to get her back. Apart from that he's got a very comfortably clueless lad trying to get a book together kind of writing style, which is quite enjoyable to read.
September 19, 2017
Kitabın arka kapağı kesinlikle son yıllardaki hayata olan tavrımı anlatıyordu, bu yüzden alıp okumayı seçtim. Ancak beğendiğimi söyleyemeyeceğim. İyimser olmak için umursamaz olmak gerekmiyor, göz ardı etmek gerekmiyor. Kitap da bunu söylemiyor elbette ama etrafta bu kadar hüzün ve acı varken iyimserliği, yazarın kendisi de bunu birçok ağızdan teyit ederken, hala iyimser kalabilmek için hiçbir ipucu veremiyor.
October 6, 2017
Öncelikle kitabı hiç beğenmeyeceğimi düşünerek okumaya başladım. Bu anlamsız ön yargım kitabın ortalarına doğru tamamen yok oldu. Konu olarak güzeldi ve kitap akıcı sayılabilecek bir düzeydeydi.Sıkıldığımı pek hatırlamıyorum. İlgimi çok çeken bir teması olmasa da konu farklı ve dürüsttü.
December 20, 2019
DNF.
I found it condescending and judgemental and perhaps it was in an attempt at humour. The whole conversation with Ashley Judd was weird. The conversation with the Buddhist monk was the last straw.
I found it condescending and judgemental and perhaps it was in an attempt at humour. The whole conversation with Ashley Judd was weird. The conversation with the Buddhist monk was the last straw.
September 11, 2018
I found this book to be quite humorous. I think the negative reviews are from people taking it a little too seriously.
January 5, 2025
A fantastist story where the protagonist meets all sorts of famous ppl to get their point of views. An Ok read, not fantastic.
January 19, 2010
The author, Laurence Shorter, set himself the challenge of defining and understanding optimism. In doing so, he met famous people recognised for their optimism or achievements, spiritual gurus, and ordinary folks leading extraordinarily positive lives - and had a few grounding conversations with his Dad along the way. The narrative starts in London but crosses continents to South Africa, India and the US. The interviews with each adherent of "positive belief" are relatively short and the book has a snappy pace that doesn't get bogged down in navel gazing.
The writing style is self-deprecating but rather clever for its lightness of touch. I've seen reviews on other websites and I think some took the book rather too literally; it's a parody on some of the worse elements of the self-help industry. This is a book that examines, intelligently, how to be positive and find your way through a tidal wave of bad news, confusion and - sometimes - despair about how to address life's big questions. It's not the first place you'd turn to for analysis, but you could do a lot worse.
My favourite section was an interview with a grumpy Desmond Tutu (who drove the author through Cape Town but only if he promised not to say anything) and a hilarious account of a phone call with Ashley Judd which made the author declare, "I felt like rushing out into the street and finding someone normal to talk to - a policeman maybe, or a woman with a pram". I could have done with less of the rather laboured rumination on his relationship, and got rather bored with the description of the time he spent in San Francisco, but on the whole, sharing the author's "journey" was a pleasurable way to spend a few hours.
This is a deftly written, humorous "meditation" on the meaning of existence. Don't take it too seriously and you'll enjoy it. Rather like life itself!
Note: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher, Canongate, through Goodreads First Reads.
The writing style is self-deprecating but rather clever for its lightness of touch. I've seen reviews on other websites and I think some took the book rather too literally; it's a parody on some of the worse elements of the self-help industry. This is a book that examines, intelligently, how to be positive and find your way through a tidal wave of bad news, confusion and - sometimes - despair about how to address life's big questions. It's not the first place you'd turn to for analysis, but you could do a lot worse.
My favourite section was an interview with a grumpy Desmond Tutu (who drove the author through Cape Town but only if he promised not to say anything) and a hilarious account of a phone call with Ashley Judd which made the author declare, "I felt like rushing out into the street and finding someone normal to talk to - a policeman maybe, or a woman with a pram". I could have done with less of the rather laboured rumination on his relationship, and got rather bored with the description of the time he spent in San Francisco, but on the whole, sharing the author's "journey" was a pleasurable way to spend a few hours.
This is a deftly written, humorous "meditation" on the meaning of existence. Don't take it too seriously and you'll enjoy it. Rather like life itself!
Note: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher, Canongate, through Goodreads First Reads.
January 13, 2010
I won 'The Optimist' from the First Reads section, and it arrived this morning. As I read through the first chapter I was convinced I'd read it before. I thought, perhaps, that I'd read some of it in an extract in one of the online newspapers or something. But by the time I reached chapter 6 I realised I'd read this book before.
It appears that it was first published at this time last year, and they're bringing out a second edition now, hence it's inclusion in First Reads. But, I have to say, the fact that I read it and couldn't remember can mean only one thing - it's bad.
The premise is quite good - Laurence Shorter wakes up to the idea that the world is drowning in pessimism and goes on a journey to find famous optimists and distill optimism down into a few tenets he can share with the world, so that we will all finally be convinced that everything is OK. Bad things will still happen, but we will cope.
Unfortunately it's just a rather self-involved collection of length anecdotes with Shorter meeting people (famous or otherwise) and either learning something from them to add to his personal philosophy or deciding that they're nutters.
I can't even remember where I got my original copy, or what I did with it. It's that bad. If you're a fan of witty banter then you might enjoy it; if you're genuinely looking for a brighter outlook on life, then look elsewhere.
It appears that it was first published at this time last year, and they're bringing out a second edition now, hence it's inclusion in First Reads. But, I have to say, the fact that I read it and couldn't remember can mean only one thing - it's bad.
The premise is quite good - Laurence Shorter wakes up to the idea that the world is drowning in pessimism and goes on a journey to find famous optimists and distill optimism down into a few tenets he can share with the world, so that we will all finally be convinced that everything is OK. Bad things will still happen, but we will cope.
Unfortunately it's just a rather self-involved collection of length anecdotes with Shorter meeting people (famous or otherwise) and either learning something from them to add to his personal philosophy or deciding that they're nutters.
I can't even remember where I got my original copy, or what I did with it. It's that bad. If you're a fan of witty banter then you might enjoy it; if you're genuinely looking for a brighter outlook on life, then look elsewhere.
October 2, 2012
I tried reading this book over and over again but couldnt manage because of various commitments.
When I did finally finish it the third time round, I was left stumped.
The entire book seems like its set out to make optimists look like fools. I didnt like the book because it was really just about Shorter being an idealist who was obsessed with his girlfriend. As true and uninhibited his book was, it seemed to glorify everything he was doing. No doubt his writing style is full of the trademark British dry humour we all love English people for, but this was a disappointing read particularly because of the ending. He didnt once tie up the reason for abandoning the jumping out of bed factor nor did he care to reconcile his earlier 'theories' and graphs of optimism with his omniscient conclusion that you just let things be and carry on being an optimist because life goes on (huh?). At the end of the book, there seemed no purpose to any of it. It was a rather indulgent book to write and I was not happy having spent good money over something that just made me feel stupid for being an optimist.
When I did finally finish it the third time round, I was left stumped.
The entire book seems like its set out to make optimists look like fools. I didnt like the book because it was really just about Shorter being an idealist who was obsessed with his girlfriend. As true and uninhibited his book was, it seemed to glorify everything he was doing. No doubt his writing style is full of the trademark British dry humour we all love English people for, but this was a disappointing read particularly because of the ending. He didnt once tie up the reason for abandoning the jumping out of bed factor nor did he care to reconcile his earlier 'theories' and graphs of optimism with his omniscient conclusion that you just let things be and carry on being an optimist because life goes on (huh?). At the end of the book, there seemed no purpose to any of it. It was a rather indulgent book to write and I was not happy having spent good money over something that just made me feel stupid for being an optimist.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 22, 2015
It seems weird to be negative about a book about optimism seems kind of odd but I was rather disappointed and let down by this book. It had the potential to be a really good book as the author got to interview a large number of amazing people who have achieved so much and yet he managed to make it seem mediocre. He also managed to forget the main purpose of the interviews he undertook and his aims to find that little something (the jump out of bed factor as it became dubbed) and instead just wrote summary results of a load of interviews with little focus or conclusion. Not one I would recommend, unless of course you like reading interview summaries.
May 24, 2013
At the start this book seemed painfully forced and facile. I couldn't connect to the protagonist or his feelings in any way and it all felt deliberately obtuse without being funny.
Fortunately, at around the halfway point, the book became more serious and thoughtful and ultimately somewhat personal and poignant. If the front half of the book matched the back half, I would be recommending this to people. As it is, if you've started reading this and wonder if you should keep going, I'd say go for it.
Fortunately, at around the halfway point, the book became more serious and thoughtful and ultimately somewhat personal and poignant. If the front half of the book matched the back half, I would be recommending this to people. As it is, if you've started reading this and wonder if you should keep going, I'd say go for it.
March 4, 2015
This is an odd book, half way between a critique of self help therapies and a novel about one man's journey to self awareness.
It is quite didactic and at times cynical of our ability to sort our stuff.
I would like to read a novel where the character has a revelation or insight that changes the outcomes for the character. At the end of the book I was not certain anything had changed.
I listened to it an audiobook while I resowed the lawn.
I wonder if the events really happened to the author?
It is quite didactic and at times cynical of our ability to sort our stuff.
I would like to read a novel where the character has a revelation or insight that changes the outcomes for the character. At the end of the book I was not certain anything had changed.
I listened to it an audiobook while I resowed the lawn.
I wonder if the events really happened to the author?
January 16, 2010
This was quite an easy read. Because it's a monologue by a man about his experiences there's always an aspect of interest there but I'm not sure whether I would call him the ultimate optimist, He seamed extremely droll and at times depressed hardly waht you expect from 'the optimist' also quite a spiritual book but if you appreciate other peoples interpretations of life then deffinatley read it. If you're looking for a book that's optimistic about life, not sure if this is the one.
January 12, 2010
i got this book free on the good reads giveaway section
not in a million years would i have bought this book as ive already discovered that through and through im a pessimist and nothing will change that.
although i found bits of the book very witty and well written i throughly enjoyed the list at the start of the book.
it has changed my view a little bit of the reasons to be optimistic and i can see me reading this book again v soon!
not in a million years would i have bought this book as ive already discovered that through and through im a pessimist and nothing will change that.
although i found bits of the book very witty and well written i throughly enjoyed the list at the start of the book.
it has changed my view a little bit of the reasons to be optimistic and i can see me reading this book again v soon!
December 3, 2013
I definitely feel shortchanged by this book, if not just flat out cheated. Sure, he has a witty sense of humour. But basically the book is shallow, pithy, self-indulgent and narrow-minded. How you can interview so many amazing people and fail to pull almost any worthwhile story from them whatsoever is an absolute mystery to me.
It's an easy read. And it constantly feels like he's verging on something or actually going somewhere... But he doesn't.
It's an easy read. And it constantly feels like he's verging on something or actually going somewhere... But he doesn't.
March 3, 2010
The title says it all... This book is about Laurence's quest for optimism. It isn't a small quest either, he meets & talks to all kinds of people.
The book is worth giving a go, but while I was interested to see how Laurence did with his quest, the book didn't really intreage me... It wasn't one that I couldn't put down.
Still, it's good to be optimistic!
The book is worth giving a go, but while I was interested to see how Laurence did with his quest, the book didn't really intreage me... It wasn't one that I couldn't put down.
Still, it's good to be optimistic!
August 10, 2011
After hearing the interview with the author, I was eager to dive into this book. The first half left me wanting more, but I became more interested once he left the UK and headed to California and India on his quest. It would have been nice to have an index to find his interviews with specific people. Some of the 'optimists' he met with were definitely quirky!
August 10, 2011
I would not run out and recommend this book to people. It was OK, but the issues were way too global and political, with only a hint of personal optimism. In the end, it was a round-about of the author's quest for finding true optimism without any real answers or "A-ha" moments. Generally, not what I expected. Disappointing!
August 27, 2012
As an optimist myself, I enjoyed reading "one man's search for the brighter side of life." Mr Shorter interviewed quite a number of well-known people in his search to understand optimism and establish its importance. It was akin to my degree in psychology where, in the end, I was left to make my own conclusions in a sea of differing opinions. The book was both illuminating and entertaining.
January 19, 2014
This is all about author's search for finding optimism in his life.
He conducts several interviews with famous people around the world.
There are moments in the book which are seriously thought provoking but on an average author's fails to keep up the momentum throughout the book.
Read it if you have some spare time and but don't go with very high expectations.
He conducts several interviews with famous people around the world.
There are moments in the book which are seriously thought provoking but on an average author's fails to keep up the momentum throughout the book.
Read it if you have some spare time and but don't go with very high expectations.
March 16, 2014
Entertaining book to read: funny - maybe sometimes even 'too funny' - and a nicely intertwined story of his personal life and his project to analyze and spread optimism. For him at the end things seem to fall in place, but I still struggle with this man who stayed alive at sea because of his optimism: you never hear from the ones that were just as optimistic but perished.
April 17, 2010
I thought the book would be a classic but it really didnt do it for me. But its noteworthy that the author in his quest for answers and search for the truth, even bothered to make an effort.
All in all it passes as the ramblings of an philosophical traveller through the terrains of discovery.
All in all it passes as the ramblings of an philosophical traveller through the terrains of discovery.
December 27, 2010
It was a slow read for me at first, I didn't really like how he pursued optimism while he himself was all pessimistic about things! But it got interesting when he interviewed people about their different opinions towards optimism.
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