Optimist-Pessimist model

This is a worldview composed of two elements, Optimism and Pessimism

• Absolute optimists are optimistic about any time and space in the future, but because there are "inevitable dangers" in the world, absolute optimists ignore these dangers and get hurt or even end their lives

• Absolute pessimists are pessimistic about any future time and space, so they seek absolute protection, be conservative in the face of the unknown, or even do nothing to avoid these dangers. They are prone to depression due to anxiety about danger and excessive self-protection

• The absolute optimist will die of danger, the absolute pessimist will die of depression.

• But there are no absolute optimists and absolute pessimists in the world. Everyone is only a relative optimist or a pessimist because of the different values of optimism and pessimism.

We abstract the world into three elements: People , Dangers, Target

I think different attitudes towards "inevitable danger" are the fundamental difference between optimists and pessimists.

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• Optimists tend to ignore danger, Their danger threshold is very high, unless the danger is "unbearable", or affects the action of their target , otherwise the optimist will not deal with the "danger", or take A compensatory behavior, such as purchasing "insurance", once an "unbearable danger" occurs, it will be resolved through insurance.So the optimist's attitude towards the world is "Let it be".

• Pessimists tend to avoid danger. Their danger threshold is very low. Once danger is detected, they will solve it first, so as to avoid the danger that affects their target actions. If the action on a target is more dangerous, then their time and effort to resolve the danger may be higher than the target action itself. So pessimists hope the world is without danger, certain, known

We construct a world model based on Optimist-Pessimist Mode , and then use this model to look at different domains：

Domain	Pessimists	Optimists
Baijia	Confucianism	Taoism
Psychological	Obsessive-compulsive disorder	Procrastination
Philosophy	Rationalism	Empiricism
Politics	Progressivism	Conservatism
Economy	Planned economy	Market economy