# Pessimism Seems Like an Intellectually Serious Position  URL:: https://nav.al/pessimism Author:: Naval ## Highlights > It always seems more intellectually serious if you can stand out there with a frown on your face in front of a TED Talk audience and say, “These are all the ways in which we’re going to die, in which the Earth is going to fail, and in which we’re going to come to ruin.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fday7nagq85tmc0zjw2ckqhc)) --- Title: Pessimism Seems Like an Intellectually Serious Position Author: Naval Tags: readwise, articles date: 2024-01-30 --- # Pessimism Seems Like an Intellectually Serious Position  URL:: https://nav.al/pessimism Author:: Naval ## AI-Generated Summary If you’re an academic, being able to explain all of the problems that are out there and how dangerous these problems are and why you need funding to look at them in more depth appears to be the intellectually serious position; whereas, someone who claims that we can solve it sounds a little bit kumbaya. More ## Highlights > It always seems more intellectually serious if you can stand out there with a frown on your face in front of a TED Talk audience and say, “These are all the ways in which we’re going to die, in which the Earth is going to fail, and in which we’re going to come to ruin.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fday7nagq85tmc0zjw2ckqhc))