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➡️This week's 🟦Blue Sky guest is Charles Kenny, author of Getting Better: Why Global Development is Succeeding - and How We Can Improve the World Even More." ✅Check out this book on the 🟦Blue Sky Bookshelf 📚 and 🎧listen to the episode here: links.theoptimisminstitute.c… #optimism #gettingbetter #readmorebooks
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➡️We still have a long way to go, but we've made huge progress around the world that we shouldn't take for granted. So says Charles Kenny, this week's guest on 🟦Blue Sky. For more uplifting insights, listen today‼️ 🎧🔗links.theoptimisminstitute.c… #progress #optimism #BlueSkyPodcast
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"We have to accept the fact that we have the power to make this world a better place." 🌎 So says this week's very special 🟦Blue Sky guest and "impatient optimist," Charles Kenny. ➡️For more about how the world has improved - and how to maintain this trend - listen to this full episode today! 🎧🔗links.theoptimisminstitute.c… @cgdev_ #optimism #globaldevelopment #cando
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☀️HAPPY TUESDAY☀️ ✅check out Kathryn Anne Edwards on 🟦Blue Sky if you haven't already...and dropping tomorrow a classic conversation with Charles Kenny‼️ ➡️Charles is the author of "Getting Better," a remarkable book 📗 that explains the dramatic progress we've made across the globe. 🌎 Don't miss it, wherever you get your podcasts! #optimism #BlueSkyPodcast #GettingBetter
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A fascinating report from Gallup about people's sense of freedom around the world. And yes, it's increasing! Thanks for sharing, @tonymmorley
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“Globally, more people are satisfied with their freedom to choose what they do with their lives than were satisfied two decades ago, with gains driven largely by countries where those satisfied with this freedom were once in the minority.” news.gallup.com/poll/710513/…
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➡️Is anyone else tired of us typecasting entire generations❓ 🟦Blue Sky guest Kathryn Anne Edwards is, and says this practice won't help us solve our problems. Don't miss this insightful conversation with the co-host of Optimist Economy. 🎧Listen this weekend! 🔗links.theoptimisminstitute.c… #optimism #economy #BlueSkyPodcast
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🟦Blue Sky guest Kathryn Anne Edwards explains why she named her podcast "Optimist Economy." ✅Check out this full episode today! 🎧🔗links.theoptimisminstitute.c… #optimism #BlueSkyPodcast
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Will artificial intelligence take jobs?🤔 🟦Blue Sky guest Kathryn Anne Edwards says yes, but not in the way, or to the degree, you're being told. Don't miss this episode! 🎧🔗links.theoptimisminstitute.c… #optimism #economy #AI #jobs #BlueSkyPodcast
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NEW TODAY‼️ 🟦Blue Sky guest Kathryn Anne Edwards argues that expecting more from leaders makes them work harder. Cynicism gives leaders an excuse to do nothing. 📉 Optimism demands action. 💪 ➡️“Your congressman does not deserve pessimism.” 🏛️ Don't miss this conversation with labor economist and co-host of Optimist Economy! 🎧🔗links.theoptimisminstitute.c… #optimism #BlueSkyPodcast #congress #expectmore
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‼️NEW EPISODE‼️ ➡️Dropping tomorrow, a brand-new 🟦Blue Sky with guest Kathryn Anne Edwards. She's a labor economist and the co-host of the Optimist Economy ☀️📈 podcast...and she has a lot to say about the state of our economy and her views on how to make it better! ✅Check it out tomorrow, wherever you get your podcasts. #BlueSkyPodcast #optimism #economics
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🟦Blue Sky guest Adam Mastroianni has done remarkable research on how our view on whether the world is getting better or worse informs our take on just about everything. ➡️For more on this and other fascinating ideas from Adam, 🎧listen to the full episode this weekend! 🔗links.theoptimisminstitute.c… #optimism #BlueSkyPodcast #mentalhealth #mindset
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➡️Adam Mastroianni has a lot to teach us about why we view the past and present the way we do. Don't miss this 🟦Blue Sky episode. 🎧Listen this weekend‼️ 🔗links.theoptimisminstitute.c… #BlueSkyPodcast #optimism #pyschology #glorydays
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🟦Blue Sky guest Adam Mastroianni describes why we experience "the illusion of decline," and always have. ✅Check out the full conversation with the remarkable author of the "Experimental History" newsletter. 🎧Listen today, here: 🔗links.theoptimisminstitute.c… #BlueSkyPodcast #history #optimism #psychology
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Does it ever feel like we're living in unprecedented times? 🤔 🟦Blue Sky guest Adam Mastroianni says that's because we are. And, he adds, everyone in history has live in times that were unprecedented! ➡️Don't miss this one, dropped today. 🎧🔗links.theoptimisminstitute.c… #optimism #history #BlueSkyPodcast
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Dropping tomorrow...a 🟦Blue Sky classic‼️ ➡️This week's guest is Dr. Adam Mastroianni, a brilliant thinker (and funny guy) who explains how our minds and memories play tricks that get in the way of our optimism.☀️ Don't miss this one... #optimism #BlueSkyPodcast
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