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title: Sam Sloma's Rational Optimism
description: Sam Sloma believes that most people are well-intentioned and want to leave the world a better place. That is where his rational optimism comes from.
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# Sam Sloma's Rational Optimism

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"I like to believe that most people are well-intentioned and want to leave the world a better place. That is where my **#rational** **#optimism** comes from. It’s also a far happier experience than being an eternal pessimist. Even a broken clock is right twice a day."

Nice essay by [Sam Sloma](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#), "**[At the Coalface: Sam Sloma: This feels like the time we can add real value](https://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/opinion/economy-stock-markets/)"**

[Sam](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#) writes, "While I don’t know how the current problems in the UK are going to pan out, I do have rational optimism that this will pass, as it always has."

Like me, [Sam](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#) commends "Hans Rosling’s book, entitled Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World – And Why Things Are Better Than You Think, for anyone who’d like some data-driven positivity."

 

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