Does the negative outweigh the positive?

[an anarchist]

Universally, does the negative outweigh the positive?

I don’t need to explain the negatives of the world. We are all aware of it, even if sheltered from it.

Do the positive experiences of the world outweigh war and poverty?

Personally, I am left pondering this often.

Is your life more full of negative experiences or positive ones?

To the one at the receiving end of a bomb, bullet, or starvation, I think I would know their answer.

For me to live comfortably, someone or something must not.

 

[an anarchist]

Life is a horror.

Life is a miracle.

Which statement holds true?

 

[Estro Felino]

Wars, competitions, conflicts happen because people take life too seriously.
As if we were eternal.
We all are mortal...so is it really worth it to fight for useless things?

I prefer the indolence of the average Roman citizen who thinks that life is a total boredom...

 

[an anarchist]

Wars, competitions, conflicts happen because people take life too seriously.
As if we were eternal.
We all are mortal...so is it really worth it to fight for useless things?

Or perhaps people don't take life seriously enough, hence the madness.
It's not worth fighting for such useless things no

I prefer the indolence of the average Roman citizen who thinks that life is a total boredom...

Boring! Well as for me, my life has been anything but. A boring life must be a good one.

 

[sun rise]

Do the positive experiences of the world outweigh war and poverty?

From the Eastern perspective I believe, the Kali yuga, dark age, that has been going on through recorded history is more negative by far. In the Satyuga, golden age the reverse is true.

Is your life more full of negative experiences or positive ones?

My personal life is much more positive.

A boring life must be a good one.

Not to me. Facing and overcoming challenges is to me a good life.

 

[LuisDantas]

For me to live comfortably, someone or something must not.

This is the one sentence of the OP that I don't agree with.

There is quite a lot that can be done and should be done so that people can exist in comfort without causing discomfort in others.

 

[RestlessSoul]

There is love in the world; and that’s enough to outweigh everything

 

[ChristineM]

Is your life more full of negative experiences or positive ones?

Personally, more positive than negative. My history has been bouts of both extremes but I've worked hard to make it positive.

On a larger scale i see more people who seem to be reasonably happy with their lot than the few who are living negatively.

On a world scale i think it depends where you live, both country and local environment and what your government is like.

Anyway i took the poll as a personal thing so voted positive

 

[Twilight Hue]

Universally, does the negative outweigh the positive?

I don’t need to explain the negatives of the world. We are all aware of it, even if sheltered from it.

Do the positive experiences of the world outweigh war and poverty?

Personally, I am left pondering this often.

Is your life more full of negative experiences or positive ones?

To the one at the receiving end of a bomb, bullet, or starvation, I think I would know their answer.

For me to live comfortably, someone or something must not.

If it is, then one is out of harmony and balance.

 

[Erebus]

From my own perspective, negativity outweighs positivity. I find that negatives have a tendency to linger in my mind, whereas positives are fleeting. I do my best to shut out my intrusive thoughts and tendency to brood but it doesn't take a lot to break my defences. I often find myself having to avoid watching or reading the news for the sake of my health. The sheer amount of suffering in the world gets to me.

All that said, I can't claim that the world is universally more negative than positive. I can't speak for others on their own experiences and perspectives. I also can't assign an objectively correct weight to negative or positive events.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Neither answer in the poll reflects my views.

How one perceives "positive" and "negative" in this world is merely about perspective, and for many, if not most, people the balance is in constant flux.

I predict "negative" will win out in this poll, because in my experience, it's human nature to focus on the negative and take the positive for granted and not even think about it. They focus on the atrocities which take center stage, and ignore the beauty.

Look at your news. How many negative stories did you hear/read today vs how many positive ones? "Negative" is the default human condition. It takes effort to recognize the beauty of waking up to a roof over one's head, food in the pantry, that first cup of coffee, seeing a beautiful sunrise, sending someone a smile while on a morning stroll and having them smile back, and the laughter of a child at play.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Life is a horror.

Life is a miracle.

Which statement holds true?

I'll just leave this here and let you decide.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Universally, does the negative outweigh the positive?

I don’t need to explain the negatives of the world. We are all aware of it, even if sheltered from it.

Do the positive experiences of the world outweigh war and poverty?

Personally, I am left pondering this often.

Is your life more full of negative experiences or positive ones?

To the one at the receiving end of a bomb, bullet, or starvation, I think I would know their answer.

For me to live comfortably, someone or something must not.

I think your question is far too broad to be answerable.
You could make a case for both.

 

[RestlessSoul]

From my own perspective, negativity outweighs positivity. I find that negatives have a tendency to linger in my mind, whereas positives are fleeting. I do my best to shut out my intrusive thoughts and tendency to brood but it doesn't take a lot to break my defences. I often find myself having to avoid watching or reading the news for the sake of my health. The sheer amount of suffering in the world gets to me.

All that said, I can't claim that the world is universally more negative than positive. I can't speak for others on their own experiences and perspectives. I also can't assign an objectively correct weight to negative or positive events.

It seems to be a common if not universal human trait, that positive thoughts and feelings pass through us quickly and without hindrance, whereas negative ones linger and are hard to let go of.

 

[Mock Turtle]

I can't really answer either, given that it's difficult to weigh up all the positives and negatives so as to form some summation of these. And such might depend upon knowing so much about the lives of others, which even for a well-travelled person might not be the same as living the lives of others. I think some things do tend to cause more negativity than positivity - a few of such being, attachment to wealth, political affiliations, and for many, their religious beliefs - all of which can impact others so as to cause much negativity.

 

[PureX]

Universally, does the negative outweigh the positive?

I don’t need to explain the negatives of the world. We are all aware of it, even if sheltered from it.

Do the positive experiences of the world outweigh war and poverty?

Personally, I am left pondering this often.

Is your life more full of negative experiences or positive ones?

To the one at the receiving end of a bomb, bullet, or starvation, I think I would know their answer.

For me to live comfortably, someone or something must not.

Interesringly, only you can determine this for yourself. It is within your control to decide either way. It's not in the control of circumstance.

 

[RestlessSoul]

Interesringly, only you can determine this for yourself. It is within your control to decide either way. It's not in the control of circumstance.

Not entirely within the control of circumstance. But there are times in life, probably in every life, when you have to work really hard to see the positive. And other times, when life seems to shower us with unearned blessings.

 

[bobhikes]

Universally, does the negative outweigh the positive?

I don’t need to explain the negatives of the world. We are all aware of it, even if sheltered from it.

Do the positive experiences of the world outweigh war and poverty?

Personally, I am left pondering this often.

Is your life more full of negative experiences or positive ones?

To the one at the receiving end of a bomb, bullet, or starvation, I think I would know their answer.

For me to live comfortably, someone or something must not.

Life is a challenge.

I don't personally think the negative outweighs the positive just that we dwell on the negative more and minimize the positive.

Dwelling on the negative, the negative is painful and we don't like feeling pain so we keep it longer so that we don't have to feel it again

The positive is happy other peoples happiness sometimes makes us feel negative so we avoid it. Our own happiness makes us feel negative when we see others in negative experiences.

I say it a lot but it's do to survival extinct. Negative could cause you pain and death and needs to be avoided. Positive causes good feelings release of stress, it is not something you need to survive.

That said there are extremely optimistic people in the world.

 

[Stevicus]

Universally, does the negative outweigh the positive?

I don’t need to explain the negatives of the world. We are all aware of it, even if sheltered from it.

Do the positive experiences of the world outweigh war and poverty?

Personally, I am left pondering this often.

Is your life more full of negative experiences or positive ones?

To the one at the receiving end of a bomb, bullet, or starvation, I think I would know their answer.

For me to live comfortably, someone or something must not.

I didn't vote in the poll, as I don't see it as an either/or question. "Positive" and "negative" are always in flux, or put more colloquially, we all have our ups and downs. It seems to vary between individuals. Some people might have a better life than others. Some might compare their lives with others and conclude that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence.

It's all just perspective. Whose life is more ideal?

 

[Estro Felino]

Boring! Well as for me, my life has been anything but. A boring life must be a good one.

In my opinion people do want their lives to be hectic and excessively moved.

I mean...if a man thinks that marriage and family makes his life much more complicated and with so many troubles, why do they get married?
Nobody forces them.
And yet most people get married. The other way around should be the rule. Few people get married and make children...and most people don't.
It doesn't add up