FL071: Radical Optimism With Kevin G, Part 1 - a podcast by Kevin Koskella: Online Entrepreneur, Blogger, Travel Junkie, Internet Business Owner

from 2015-06-20T20:13:18

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In this episode, I interview my friend Kevin Grigorenko from radicaloptimism.org. This is part 1 of 2. Here’s what we discussed in this episode:

-Intro/iTunes Reviews/Airbnb tip

-What is Radical Optimism?

-Realism vs. Radical Optimism

-Why Radical Optimism

-Positive Psychology

-Reason & evidence as basis of radical optimism

-Benefits

-“Chiefs, priests & thieves”

-Evidence of radical optimism being true

-Poverty decreasing

-Global energy use improving or “sex in a mud pit”

-Global per person food increasing, obesity

-Life expectancy, child mortality

-Cancer rates going down?

-Overpopulation – not an issue?

–Idiocracy the movie

-Increasing intelligence

References:

Kevin’s website: http://radicaloptimism.org

Voluntaryism

The Rational Optimist, Ridley

The Improving State of the World Book

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids book

Better Angels of Our Nature book, Daniel Pinker

Kevin G’s Radical Optimism presentation

Libertopia

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