Hope for cynics the surprising science of human goodness
"Runaway cynicism is turning our world into a meaner, sicker place; director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab, Dr. Jamil Zaki, is about to disrupt this narrative. For thousands of years, people have argued about whether humanity is selfish or generous, cruel or kind. In 1972, half of American...
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New York :
Grand Central Publishing,
2024.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Section I. Unlearning cynicism : Signs and symptoms ; The surprising wisdom of hope ; Preexisting conditions ; Hell isn't other people ; Escaping the cynicism trap
- Section II. Rediscovering one another : The (social) water is just fine ; Building cultures of trust ; The fault in our fault lines
- Section III. The future of hope : Building the world we want ; The optimism of activism ; Our common fate.
