Blog Post 32 - How would the world be different if human beings were not inherently optimistic

If human beings were not inherently optimistic, the world would be very different. Everyone would be giving up and lose confidence once they do not succeed in something, and the world would be an extremely sad place where there is no hope, laughter and happiness.

Firstly, everyone would give up and lose confidence once they encounter failure. Currently, there are many people who are really resilient and always persevere to the end, no matter how many times they fall, they will always pick themselves up again and strive for success. They will not stop fighting until they succeed. These people are able to persevere to the end and never give up because they are inherently optimistic. A good example would be Albert Einstein, who invented the light bulb. He faced many failures when he was trying to invent the light bulb, but he was optimistic and viewed these setbacks as a learning journey. He never gave up and never lose hope, he always believed in himself, and in the end he made an extremely great contribution to mankind – the invention of the light bulb. If human beings were not inherently optimistic, everyone would be failures and no one will believe in themselves because they will all think that they will not be able to succeed, no matter how much work and effort they put in.

Secondly, the world would be an extremely sad place where there is no hope, laughter and happiness. Everyone would be thinking of bad things happening, they will not think about the good things that they can enjoy in this world. The world will be full of sadness. It will be a really gloomy place. I have three friends who are really pessimistic, and I often go to their house. Every time I am at their house, the atmosphere is gloomy; there is no liveliness at all. Nobody laughs and they always complain about the bad things that happen to them. Once when the economy was down, they kept complaining that they were sure to lose their jobs, and they would not have enough money to feed their families. Therefore, if human beings were not inherently optimistic, they will not be able to look on the bright side and think positively, which will lead to the world being a gloomy place without any happiness.

If human brings were not inherently optimistic, the above two things will happen and the world would be very different from the way it is now.