86. Should We All Be Taking More Long Shots?

No Stupid Questions

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🗓️ 13 February 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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What’s the difference between dispositional optimism and agentic hope? Are there benefits to taking a long shot, even if it turns out to be an air ball? And how is Angela like an N.F.L. quarterback?

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0:00.0	I'm Angie Duckworth, dammit.
0:04.1	I'm Angela Duckworth.
0:06.4	I'm Stephen Dovner.
0:07.4	And you're listening to no stupid questions.
0:11.0	Today on the show, how do hope and optimism affect long shots?
0:16.5	We'll call it optimism.
0:17.8	Or what would the other thing be, oop?
0:19.4	Ha ha ha.
0:20.4	I'm Angela.
0:21.4	I'm Angela.
0:22.4	I'm Angela.
0:23.4	I'm Angela.
0:24.4	I'm Angela.
0:25.4	I'm Angela.
0:26.4	I'm Angela.
0:27.4	I'm Angela.
0:28.4	I'm Angela.
0:29.4	That's not quite a riddle, but it is a question without an obvious answer.
0:35.6	And furthermore, a question of which the correct answering thereof is not the point.
0:40.7	Is that clear so far?
0:42.9	Clear as mud, Stephen.
0:45.1	Here's the question, though.
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