Optimisim/Pessimism

Thinking about human nature makes me realize alternately how silly and optimistic I am, but also how cynical I can get.  I think that's true of a lot of the philosophers that we looked at.  I think as a whole we want to see the good in things but sometimes get bogged down in the bad.  I think we back ourselves into a lot of corners that we can't get out of, and then sometimes rely on faith and improvable ideas to help us get out of them.  But I don't think that's bad.  And I don't think we're bad.  So, I guess, there's my optimism to end the semester.