Cynicism is making us sick; Stanford Psychologist Dr. Jamil Zaki has the cure. In 1972, half of Americans agreed that most people can be trusted; by 2018, only a third did. Cynicism is an understandable response to a world full of injustice and inequality. But in many cases, it is misplaced. Dozens of studies find that people fail to realize how kind, generous, and open-minded others really are. Cynical thinking deepens social problems: when we expect the worst in people, we often bring it out of them. Through science and storytelling, Jamil Zaki imparts the secret for beating back cynicism: hopeful skepticism. 288 pages hc
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