Optimizing outcomes by thinking the best of people

The alternative perpetuates the festering wasteland of pointlessness...Ah, the festering wasteland of pointlessness.

"We all know it. It’s that place where you feel like crap. Most often, when we feel like crap is when we make other people feel like crap. Crap begets crap. Like yawning: it is contagious.
This is why it’s important to be compassionate, perhaps especially when you feel you shouldn’t be.
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