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The Globalist on Monocle Radio
The Globalist on Monocle Radio
Happy New Year! I talked to Chris Cermak on Monocle Radio’s show The Globalist about the prospects for optimism in 2025. Replay available here.
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Can Optimism Change the World?
Can Optimism Change the World?
Astrophysicist-turned-journalist Sumit Paul-Choudhury, author of The Bright Side: Why Optimists Have the Power to Change the World, brings his unique insights to The Conduit. In a conversation moderated by Claudia Hammond—award-winning broadcaster, author (The Keys to Kindness), and host of BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind—they will explore how optimism can address the critical challenges of […]
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How Optimists Change the World
How Optimists Change the World
In person at RSA House, and live on YouTube: Optimism is central to the human psyche: it seems to give us an advantage in both everyday life and in addressing great collective challenges Sumit Paul-Choudhury, former editor-in-chief of New Scientist, visits the RSA to make a vital and transformative new argument: that optimism is not […]
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Long Now London 2501 – Optimism
Long Now London 2501 – Optimism
Long Now London is meeting on the third Thursday of January to coincide with the public launch at the RSA of “The Bright Side” by Sumit Paul Choudhury – a deeply researched investigation into the psychology, philosophy and practice of optimism. Sumit has chalked the horse with us and member of our London community. Sumit […]
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The Bright Side – Why Optimists Have the Power to Change the World
The Bright Side – Why Optimists Have the Power to Change the World
We are joined by the former Editor-in-Chief of the New Scientist and astrophysicist-turned-journalist Sumit Paul-Choudhury on Tuesday 21 January to discuss his book, The Bright Side. A deep dive into the power and science of optimism, that will change the way you think for good. Optimism, irrational though it might be, is central to the […]
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Michael Weatherburn & Sumit Paul-Choudhury: How to be optimistic: from evolutionary biology to anthropic cosmology
Michael Weatherburn & Sumit Paul-Choudhury: How to be optimistic: from evolutionary biology to anthropic cosmology
What should we expect from the world – benevolence, cruelty or indifference? Former New Scientist editor-in-chief and Imperial Physics alumnus Sumit Paul-Choudhury will explain how the answer to this age-old question lies in the concept of optimism. Often dismissed as a lazy or naive attitude to life, Sumit will argue that it actually raises – […]