The intelligent optimist's guide to life cover

The intelligent optimist's guide to life

by Jurriaan Kamp

In this book, the author explains how we can cultivate an outlook of informed optimism by tuning out the media's focus on sensationalism and negativity and turning on our natural optimism.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?