Squid #8 - Optimism - The Argument For and Against

Optimism is an attitude reflecting a belief or hope that the outcome of some specific endeavour, or outcomes in general, will be positive, favorable, and desirable. A common idiom used to illustrate optimism versus pessimism is a glass filled with water to the halfway point: an optimist is said to see the glass as half full, while a pessimist sees the glass as half empty. Can you be overly optimistic?Can you be overly pessimistic? Or even realistic? And how do these two worlds balance...