Hope

Andy: *Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.* Red: *Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.* The Shawshank Redemption Both are right; hope can be dangerous, but without it, nothing worth building ever happens. Why the Future Feels Dark When I talk to young people, or scroll through online posts, I hear things like: “I’ll never be able to retire.” “You will own nothing and be happy.” These anxieties aren’t groundless. Climate change, wars, extremism, inequality, unstable jobs, and housing markets, the list is long. The rise of the “doomer” meme around 2018 captured this perfectly: a young man who has given up on life. But giving up is the one guaranteed way to make the future worse. ...