If human beings were not inherently optimistic

The world would be different if human beings were not optimistic as the world would be full of depression and there would be numerous cases of suicide daily in the newspapers. Why do I say this? Although the article “The Optimism Bias” on Time magazine says that we, humans are inherently optimistic, there still have been cases of people who commit suicide. These suicides cases are usually because the victim is under too much pressure or in depression. One such case is students feeling too depressed when they do not meet their expected grades. An example is a suicide case of a fourth-year student at a university when her grades were not up to her expectations. She leapt from a block in the vicinity of the university due to the fact that her grades were continuously dropping. Imagine if we were not inherently optimistic, there would be a lot more people throwing themselves off the block due to their depression, as we do not have the any optimism to stop ourselves from ending our life. This is how the world would be different. Life would be so fragile that once we get knocked down we would not have the strength to get back on our feet.

The world would be different if human beings were not inherently optimistic as our lives would be a lot less convenient due to the inventions not made and discoveries not found. This is so as being able to invent something like a car, a light bulb or a plane takes much patience and optimism. There will be a thousand times that we will fail at inventing something new, but if we do not give up and persist, we will succeed in the end. If we are not inherently optimistic, do you think any inventions would have been invented? One example is Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb. Did you think he managed to invent the light bulb in just a try? No, it took him countless failures just to succeed at the light bulb. If human beings were not optimistic then he would have just given up and we would still be burning candles for light today. It goes the same for every other invention in the world. Thus if human beings were not inherently optimistic our lives would not be as convenient as it is today.