Emmanuel Séguin

In 1988, two psychologists published an article arguing that positive self
deception is a normal and advantageous part of most people life. It turns out
people lied to themselves about three things :
* they view themselves in implausibly positive way
* they think they have far more control over their life than they actually do
* and they believe the future will be better than the evidence of the present
can possibly justify

Is critical optimism deeply rooted in everyone of us ?

Manu

PS : Have you asked John Waters about critical optimism ?