more on hope ~ by atwood

"As a species we're doomed by hope, then?"

"By hope? Well, yes.
Hope drives us to invent new fixes for old messes,
which in turn create even more dangerous messes.
Hope elects the politician with the biggest empty promise;
and as any stockbroker or lottery seller knows,
most of us will take a slim hope over prudent and predictable frugality.
Hope like greed, fuels the engine of capitalism."

~ Oryx and Crake