Sharon Astyk Power Of Realistic Thinking Summary

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In “The Power of Realistic Thinking,” Sharon Astyk asserts that being an excessive optimistic or pessimistic thinker will not aid in determining the future. According to Astyk, the common future scenario of humans consists of a utopian vision that assumes through the usage of science and technology, barriers between humans and the serene future will diminish, producing a teleological and alluring world. On the other hand, Astyk discusses how a dystopian visualization of the future implicates with the destruction of humankind and catastrophic termination. Moreover, she advises that since we possibly might have produced the environmental problems or rendered them inferior, therefore, preventing us to control them, the human race is not unbound