📗 Libro en inglés HOPE FOR CYNICS

Cynicism is making us sick Stanford psychologist Dr Jamil Zaki has the cure a ray of light for dark days Adam Grant 1 New York Times bestselling author For thousands of years people have argued about whether humanity is selfish or generous cruel or kind But recently our answers have changed In 1972 half of Americans agreed that most people can be trusted by 2018 that figure had fallen to 30 Different generations genders religions and political parties can t seem to agree on anything except that they all think human virtue is evaporating Cynicism is a perfectly understandable response to a world full of injustice and inequality But in many cases cynicism is misplaced Dozens of studies find that people fail to realise how kind generous and open minded others really are And cynical thinking worsens social problems because our beliefs don t just interpret the world they change it When we expect people to be awful we coax awfulness out of them Cynicism is a disease with a history symptoms and a cure Through science and storytelling Jamil Zaki imparts the secret for beating back cynicism hopeful scepticism This approach doesn t mean putting our faith in every politician or influencer It means thinking critically about people and