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optimists
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Wall Street optimists in good company BofA’s research team isn’t alone in reaching for history as a rebuttal to panic.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 May 2026 -
Techno-optimists argue that AI is reshaping human work, not replacing it.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Woolgatherers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woolgatherers. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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