Remember Dorothy and the Yellow Brick Road?

There’s no pot of gold at the end,

but we keep walking that road

- Ai

I've discovered over the decades that humans are incredibly short-term oriented. And that they have an enormous predisposition to optimism. They're looking for optimistic news in everything. They're looking to avoid unpleasantness.

- Jeremy Grantham, The Diary of a CEO (30 June 2026)