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As a result, this financial instrument allowed pessimists to drive asset prices very low.
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Since defensive pessimists are anxious, but not certain, that negative situations will arise, they still feel that they can control their outcomes.
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This is because philosophical pessimists tend to be skeptical that any politics of social progress can actually improve the human condition.
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Although a pessimist, he was also nostalgic, and easily grew attached to things that were important to him.
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Defensive pessimists think extensively about possible future outcomes, both positive and negative.
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Though there is a bias towards negativity, some people are optimists and others pessimists.
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Note that being a pessimist about the prospects for philosophical progress is not the same as being a pessimist about philosophy.
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Philosophical pessimists have often been associated with related ideas such as anti-theism, romanticism, counter-enlightenment, misanthropy, antinatalism and existentialism.
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Using this strategy, defensive pessimists can advantageously harness anxiety that might otherwise harm their performance.
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Frank finds her and being ever the pessimist says that if they're lucky, the relationship might last a year.
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