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user-inactivated  ·  3377 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you convince a completely miserable person that the world isn't such a terrible place?

    Convincing people is hard. You can do whatever you want. But I'm going to create.

And let him jump?

    build, rather than destroy; and use your life to make humanity better in some small way.

What if the guy's convinced that his actions won't have any impact on the world? Learned helplessness, perhaps. Maybe he'll try and even persevere once he has the momentum, but right now, he has none. Will you convince him otherwise? why? how?