January 11, 2007

In the Real World — The Half-Full, Half-Empty Glass

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 6:41 am

Saying the Same Things

I like my intellectual arguments, respectful, thorough, and balanced. But more and more what I see everywhere I look are two sides trying to be so opposite that they’re almost becoming the same. It’s worse than boring. It’s stifling, and at the same time amazing.

I’ve picked up negative comments removed the names and played them back to people I know have a stand. Folks on both sides of an issue have claimed the comments describe their opponent perfectly. Each side is saying the same things over and over. It’s proof that something wrong is going on. Don’t they know?

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2 Comments to “In the Real World — The Half-Full, Half-Empty Glass”

  1. April 3rd, 2007 at 3:56 am
    Peter van Vroonhoven said

    Half full v half empty. Most comments I have read on the net say that the optimist says half full, the pessimist half empty. This is also what my wife says. However, I see it differently. Surely, having a full glass is ideal, having an empty glass is the worst scenario. Therefore, doesnt it make sense that a half full glass is less than ideal, therefore the pessimestic view. A half empty glass is better than the worst position, then a optimistic view. Would love some feedback.

  2. April 3rd, 2007 at 6:46 am
    ME Strauss said

    The engineer would say simply that you have the wrong size glass. More and more I prefer that response even better than the half-full glass, half-empty glass argument.

    In other words, go get a new glass. ;)

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