What is objective versus subjective "optimism," and why isn't that real optimism? Is pessimism a rational counterbalance to optimism? In this second part of a three-part series laying out the clarifying concept of objective optimism, Matthew defines the terms and fleshes out illustrative examples, including hypothetical batters in a baseball game to---for illustration's sake---the horrible scenario of a concentration camp and how each contrasting mindset might deal with these situations.

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