Well, I have been sick for a week and a half now, and maybe that is what is making me pessimistic. Or maybe because the weather has gotten very cold, windy, and rainy. I am still unhappy with my job, and the interview I did has not called me back, nor have I heard anything from the other place I sent a resume.
I am not happy with humanity right now. I think that the greater majority are not very bright. And it is a situation that is unlikely to change, because it appears that most people either do not know how to think critically, or simply choose not to do it. Most people see learning as a burden, rather than a useful and possibly recreational pursuit. The world seems full of superstition, misinformation, mental laziness, and (in America at least) outright anti-intellectualism.
Or maybe I am just cranky. Most likely the latter. It could also be the elections coming up. I was very active and up-to-date for the 2008 elections, this year I am just so tired of it. I am going to vote, of course - I actually like exercising my rights in that regard - but it just seems really depressing this time around. Maybe it is seeing all those candidates that deny evolution and climate change doing so well. Ick.
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