Most people have a negative attitude.
We see problems and risks, rather than opportunities.
And negativity increases with age.
As we get older, our appetite for risk decreases. We become more conservative. We are afraid of change. We see fewer opportunities, as we have more to lose. Loss aversion bias appears. Potential losses seem more important than gains.
And we tend to see only problems, only the negative side of things. “The world is doomed, nothing works, education collapses, things were better in the past, today’s immoral youth, technology is dangerous, AI will destroy humanity.”
Of course, looking for problems is also a pragmatic, engineering mindset. You need to see problems - to start looking for solutions. In fact, every opportunity starts with a problem. Solutions rarely appear before problems (although it happens, and occasionally even disruptive).
I pushed myself for so long to think in terms of opportunities rather than risks, that it became a reflex.
I am conservative by nature, and I had to train my sense of opportunity.
Now I have an allergic reaction when I see fear of technology, fear of new, risk reports that block opportunities.
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