Tali Sharot | Vintage Books, 2012 | Book
An overview of optimism for all.
Edward C. Chang (Editor) | American Psychological Association, 2001 | Book
Great academic review of work done before the year 2000.
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Tali Sharot | The New York Times, May 14, 2011 | Article
An op-ed about optimism and college graduates.
Dominic D. P. Johnson and James H. Fowler | Nature, September 15, 2011 | Article
An article about optimism and evolution. A computational model for the evolutionary benefits of overconfidence.
Ryan T. McKay and Daniel C. Dennett | Behavioral and Brain Sciences, December 2009 | Article
Insightful piece about common misbeliefs. McKay and Dennett conclude that positive biases are the only misbeliefs for which there is a clear evolutionary advantage.
Ajit Varki | Nature, August 6, 2009 | Article
Interesting theory/view for why optimism may have emerged in humans.
Peter Ubel | Forbes, Februrary 22, 2009 | Article
An article about optimism and the financial crisis.
Redes | A la carta, November 4, 2012 | Watch
Tom Tangney | MyNorthwest.com, July 1, 2011 | Watch
Tali Sharot | Time, May 28, 2011
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A short overview of the science of optimism.
Justin Kruger and David Dunning | Psychology, December 2009 | Article
On the related concept of superiority illusion.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | Flammarion, 1999 | Book
Some of the first work on optimism.
Voltaire | Project Gutenberg, 2006 | Book
Another of the earliest works on optimism. Read it in English. 
