{"id":6487,"date":"2010-03-27T05:56:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-27T11:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=6487"},"modified":"2010-03-27T05:56:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T11:56:21","slug":"optimism-is-sustainable-and-radical-ppb-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/optimism-is-sustainable-and-radical-ppb-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimism is Sustainable&#8230; and Radical (PPB #23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6488\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2010\/03\/community-dancing-rabbit.jpg\" alt=\"community dancing rabbit\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" \/>Ever considered optimism as a political act? Jess Lundie borrows this concept from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldchanging.com\/archives\/007919.html\">Worldchanging&#8217;s Alex Steffen<\/a>, and creates a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openlybalanced.com\/the-sustainability-of-radical-optimism\/\">guest post<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openlybalanced.com\/\">Openly Balanced<\/a> around the idea that the kind of optimism embodied in life at places like Dancing Rabbit is radical in this day and age.<\/p>\n<p>Optimism? Radical? Jess looks at some of the major sources of contemporary unhappiness, and notes that very act of joining in community these days often flies in the face of contemporary culture&#8230; and that&#8217;s a big part of the declining life satisfaction experienced in some parts of the developed world.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->A very thought-provoking post&#8230; thank you, Jess!<\/p>\n<p>Feeling optimistic yourself? 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