> [!abstract] > The decreasing hope for good things to happen, and increasing hope to avoid bad things to happen. For example: > - I'll just be happy if I manage to go through the COVID-19 pandemic without catching the disease. > - I'll just be happy if my standards of living do not decrease further (or too much) as a result of climate change. >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): — >- **West** (similar): [[Declinism]]; [[Rosy retrospection]] >- **East** (different): — >- **South** (downstream): —