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Pangloss
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Pangloss
character who taught Candide “metaphysico-theologocosmolonigology.” [Fr. Lit.: Candide]
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In chapters that consider the roots of American optimism, the business of motivation, the "God wants you to be rich crowd," and more, the author skewers what she sees as the source of the Panglossian puffery that is afoot in America today.
BLINDED BY OPTIMISM--FROM 9/11 TO SUBPRIME by Michelle Conlin / BusinessWeek
Moreover, using the math "role of 72" shows that even a low-growth rate of one percent per year likely means that the total population would double to about 14,000,000,000 about 72 years from now, a stunning increase that dwarfs the UN's panglossian projections.
Will world population implode? by Thomson, James W. / USA Today (Magazine)
Is that alleged failure fully to recognise economic reality, a case of "calenture", politically speaking, "the cruel sea" being replaced in their panglossian minds by the "green fields" of greater economic prosperity?
Letter: There's a word for it by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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