‘Hope for Cynics’ (and Everyone Else)

Understanding the possibilities of how things could be different is Kyle Taylor’s antidote as another heavy year comes to a close

Hope is a funny thing to be prescribed.

People mean well when they say it: stay hopeful, look on the bright side, it’ll be all right in the end.

But, more often than not, the effect is the opposite. Being told to have hope when the world feels like a dumpster fire is a bit like being asked to admire the view while the train you’re on is visibly accelerating towards a cliff.