How And Why To Avoid The Siren Call Of Cynicism | Dr. Jamil Zaki
9 September 2024 - 1 hour 13 minsThis Stanford psychologist has evidence that being a cynic is bad for your health, and offers a non-corny alternative.
Dr. Jamil Zaki is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. He’s the author of The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World, and his new book is called Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness.
In this episode we talk about:
What cynicism is, and why it’s so appealingHis own history as a “recovering cynic,”How to know if you yourself are a cynicA step-by-step guide to start developing the “hopeful skeptic” mindsetHow to get better at disagreeing with other people, including s...
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