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Optimism and Its Costs

Optimism and Its Costs
An Indian Kashmiri farmer rides a horse cart after a day's work on the outskirts of Srinagar on August 4, 2015. TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images
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Here is one version of a well-known ancient Chinese wisdom story:
Paul Adams
Paul Adams
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Paul Adams is a professor emeritus of social work at the University of Hawai‘i, and was professor and associate dean of academic affairs at Case Western Reserve University. He is the co-author of "Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is," and has written extensively on social welfare policy and professional and virtue ethics.
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