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title: "A Zoom-Out Optimist: Daniel Sunde-Hansen"
description: Daniel Sunde-Hansen says our imagination immediately springs to mind when asked what makes him optimistic.
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# [A Zoom-Out Optimist: Daniel Sunde-Hansen](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/daniel-sunde-hansen)

 Written by [Victor Perton](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/author/victor-perton) | Jan 14, 2023 7:06:38 AM

"What makes me optimistic? Our imagination immediately springs to mind: Limitless, inspiring and mobilizing. Unfortunately, many forces work against our ability to imagine and re-imagine. Our systems promote zero-sum games for short-term wins and social media reward behaviors that devalue us all. However, the long-term trend is the convergence of mutually accelerating streams within the arts, games, business, technology, science, and more. In this flow, we will benefit from the power of imagination on a new level. I imagine this makes me a zoom-out optimist."

That's what [Daniel Sunde-Hansen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/skarv/) told me when I asked him what makes him optimistic.

Daniel Sunde-Hansen is the Director of the Center for the Edge Norway

 

 

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