Re: Bjorn Lomborg: A Chipper Environmentalist (The New York Times,

[Kristin A. Ruhle]

So the guy's decided to be a Professional Optimist (tm). well I doubt
optimists are objectively right more often than pessimists - could be less
- but they (a) cheer people up (b) are happier for the illusions they
cherish. 

He probably decided he could make more money that way. Professional
Optimists are in demand especially with corporations and big money
interests to tell them What  they Want to Hear. Which IMO is simply
prostituting yourself. For sale to the highest bidder! Despicable.

Kristin
yes, I'm A CYNIC! Sometimes you have to overstate a problem  to get
anybody to do anything about it! Y2K doomsayers did us a favor!