What's with that whole negativity thing, man?

I’m a pretty negative guy. I see the worst in everyone, in everything, at all times. Why? Because I have eyes and a brain, and the worst thought—about everything—is always the correct one.

Negativity is always correct. The world really is as bad as you think it is—actually no, that’s wrong, it’s worse. Much worse. No matter how bad you think the world is—it’s really a million times worse. So you can really never be negative enough.

But there is a problem with negativity—it is correct, but it can’t really go anywhere. It is true that the world is infinitely terrible, but what can you do with that? Where does that thought go? It can’t really go anywhere. It starts at its limit—it’s instantly maxed out.

Positivity, on the other hand, is immediately wrong from the start. The idea that anything could possibly be good is laughable and should not be entertained for a minute. But because it is so wrong, it has the opposite problem that negativity does—it can go everywhere. Negativity is correct but limited—positivity is wrong but limitless. Positivity can go so far because it has no content to it—it’s empty, lighter than air, so it can float all around.

What’s the lesson here? If something is correct, it stays right where it is. But if something is wrong, it can go anywhere. This is why bad ideas spread so much and never go away.

Now for the dialectics: My conclusion is that we need to synthesize all of this. Negativity is too limited, and positivity is too empty. Negativity is heavy—heavy with truth—so it can’t go anywhere. Positivity is light—because it has no truth to it—and so it can go anywhere.

What we need is a negativity that can move like positivity does—something full of truth but also light enough to go places.