When I watched Tomorrowland, this is the idea that struck me: that it had been a <i>long</i> time since I&#x27;ve seen anyone who was so determined to be optimistic.<p>There&#x27;s a really great quote I came across in a comic [0]:<p><pre><code>  Max: Fear is easy. Fear is cheap. 
    Instead of fear, we&#x27;re going to give the people hope. 
  Sam: Fear vs. Hope. Hardly an even match. 
  Max: That&#x27;s because you think of hope as something light
    and fragile. My version of hope has calluses and dirt
    under the fingernails and isn&#x27;t past bringing brass
    knuckles to a fight.
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I like to think there&#x27;s a sort of grinding optimisim that really gets things done. Where people slog through the hard work, slowly and gradually dragging us to a slightly better future. You can knock a lot down with some FUD conflagration, but there&#x27;s some stuff that will be lasting. And this article highlights stuff that will - at least - last a couple decades.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tvtropes.org&#x2F;pmwiki&#x2F;pmwiki.php&#x2F;Quotes&#x2F;Freefall" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tvtropes.org&#x2F;pmwiki&#x2F;pmwiki.php&#x2F;Quotes&#x2F;Freefall</a>