Optimism for the future

I saw some VCs arguing over issues in the 90s compared to issues in this decade. Maybe I was young and naive, but it sure felt like the 90s were much more calm. For one, we didn’t start the decade off with a global pandemic that brought the world and economy to a halt. World War 3 is on the brink of starting in 2022. You can sprinkle plenty of human right issues and domestic turmoil as well in between.

There doesn’t seem to be much good news spreading around nowadays and it’s admittedly exhausting. Human outlook for the future seems to be at a low point.

I’ve even noticed that my blog posts have started to switch to a negative viewpoint recently. So I’ve decided I’m going to start writing more with an optimistic lens. Despite the bad news lately, there’s a lot of reasons to be optimistic today and in the future. I want to focus on those points and turn my mindset around.

I’ll start tomorrow with what I’m seeing in the private markets and reasons to be optimistic.