Note by Matt Clancy on Substack: "Raises some fair points, but as pushback: there’s a broader lit documenting the same pessimism bias, including on stuff we can measure pretty objectively. Seems implausible that only here is the effect illusory. The low share agreeing that we treat Hispanics, Gay people, and …"

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Raises some fair points, but as pushback:

there’s a broader lit documenting the same pessimism bias, including on stuff we can measure pretty objectively. Seems implausible that only here is the effect illusory.
The low share agreeing that we treat Hispanics, Gay people, and African Americans better today despite it being obvious to Scott it’s true can be interpreted as more evidence of a pessimism bias

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