Chris Hadfield's 'Guide to Optimism' for the New Year

 By 
Laura Vitto
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Chris Hadfield's 'Guide to Optimism' for the New Year
Credit: Chris Hadfield

Chris Hadfield wants to hear your New Year's resolutions.

In a video called "Guide to Optimism", the retired Canadian astronaut shared his optimistic take on the state of the world today, citing a continuing rise in global literacy, a decrease in infant morality rates and the eradication of deadly diseases, such as smallpox in 1980 and rinderpest in 2011.

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