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“Hope begins with the ability to imagine alternatives. And there is always an alternative.” - part of a brilliant graduation address by Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic ) to York University.

A great piece about science fiction, optimism, pessimism, fatalism, humane agency, Luddites, tech bros, inevitability, and the need to always seek alternatives… and to find hope.

Read the whole thing: https://doctorow.medium.com/there-is-a lways-an-alternative-e55fd414d1fd

#hope #scifi #sciencefiction

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“Hope begins with the ability to imagine alternatives. And there is always an alternative.” - part of a brilliant graduation address by Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic ) to York University.

A great piece about science fiction, optimism, pessimism, fatalism, humane agency, Luddites, tech bros, inevitability, and the need to always seek alternatives… and to find hope.

Read the whole thing: https://doctorow.medium.com/there-is-a lways-an-alternative-e55fd414d1fd

#hope #scifi #sciencefiction

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A question we all must ask ourselves:

- what % of our time is spent building people up? Supporting them? Listening to and welcoming their ideas?

- versus what % of our time is spent tearing people down? Criticizing them? Cutting them down? Dismissing their ideas and words?

Our time overall, and also in each and every relationship and connection we have.

The balance between those determines the type of world we want to live in and create around us, and also the quality of our connections.

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A question we all must ask ourselves:

- what % of our time is spent building people up? Supporting them? Listening to and welcoming their ideas?

- versus what % of our time is spent tearing people down? Criticizing them? Cutting them down? Dismissing their ideas and words?

Our time overall, and also in each and every relationship and connection we have.

The balance between those determines the type of world we want to live in and create around us, and also the quality of our connections.

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The challenge that lies before us is more than choosing hope over fear.
It is choosing hope *amidst* the overwhelming narratives of fear and doom.
It is choosing hope and optimism *despite* those fears.
It is choosing hope as a daily, gritty act of resistance and resilience.

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The challenge that lies before us is more than choosing hope over fear.
It is choosing hope *amidst* the overwhelming narratives of fear and doom.
It is choosing hope and optimism *despite* those fears.
It is choosing hope as a daily, gritty act of resistance and resilience.