should young people look forward to the new millenium more with optimism than pessimism?

Yes, but only because optimists live longer than pessimists. 😉

Be optimistic, but it is not likely that the world will get much better. Earth, you see, is a training assignment from God. We come here primarily to play out the nonsense. When we all reach the level that Jesus Christ did, we are allowed to go somewhere else in the universe. For now and in the near future, it will be the same ol same ol.

yeah man!!! still young? oh yeah!!!