The Intelligent Optimist (formerly Ode magazine) is a print and online publication about positive news, about the people and ideas that are changing our world for the better.

Ode was founded in the spring of 1995 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands by Jurriaan Kamp and Helene de Puy. Kamp, a former editor and correspondent with the leading Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad, and de Puy wanted to create an alternative to mainstream publications, a magazine that was open to new inspirations and new visions from around the world. The cover of the first issue - a close-up image of a radiant woman laughing out loud - captured the joy and spontaneity they wanted Ode to embody.

For the first nine years of its existence, Ode was published in Dutch. But in the summer of 2004 Kamp and de Puy, who are partners in marriage as well as in publishing, moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to launch the English-language edition of the magazine.

《聪明的乐观主义者》（前身为《奥德》杂志）是一本关于积极新闻、关于正在让我们的世界变得更好的人和思想的印刷和在线出版物。

奥德于1995年春在荷兰鹿特丹由JurrianKamp和HelenedePuy创立。Kamp是荷兰主要日报NRC Handelsblad的前编辑和记者，他和de Puy希望创建一种主流出版物的替代品，一种向世界各地的新灵感和新愿景开放的杂志。第一期的封面——一个容光焕发的女人大声大笑的特写——捕捉到了他们希望《奥德》体现的欢乐和自发性。

在它存在的头九年里，《颂》是用荷兰语出版的。但在2004年夏天，坎普和德佩作为婚姻和出版界的伴侣，搬到了旧金山湾区，推出了该杂志的英文版。