Never Saw It ComingPeopleespecially Americansare by and large optimists. They're much better at imagining best case scenarios (I could win the lottery!) than worst case scenarios (A hurricane could destroy my neighborhood!). This is true not just of their approach to imagining the future, but of their memories as well: people are better able to describe the best moments of their lives than they are the worst. Though there are psychological reasons for this phenomenon,