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2007 : WHAT ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT? [1]

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi [5]
Psychologist; Director, Quality of Life Research Center, Claremont Graduate University; Author, Flow
Psychologist; Director, Quality of Life Research Center, Claremont Graduate University; Author, Flow

We Are Asking And Answering

I am optimistic for the simple reason that given the incredible odds against the existence of brains that can ask such questions, of laptops on which to answer them, and so on — here we are, asking and answering!

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