- This is the mindset of loss. Overcome it.
Forget journalism. This statement is so true in all of life. Defeatism and fatalism dominate the lives of too many people. I would love to direct anyone who is interested to Bertrand Russell's The Conquest of Happiness, an amazing long form essay on the nature and history of unhappiness (which also, given that it was written in the 1930s, dispels all the BS one reads about how the digital age has led to feelings of isolation and exacerbated depression, problems that have existed since the dawn of thought).
My point was that when you enter in to a situation where you know a person has an agenda, yet you need to utilize their soap box...best to document the occasion. Secretly. Insurance, not defeatism.
I couldn't agree more with your sentiment and I appreciate the Bertrand Russel suggestion. I've not read his work, and it's time I did. I remember liking this post though.