Podcast: KERA's Think (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Cynicism won’t protect you from getting hurtPub date: 2024-11-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIf you’re someone who always thinks the sky is falling, chances are you’re not very happy. Jamil Zaki, professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why cynicism leads to not only a more dismal outlook on life, but deleterious health effects. Plus we’ll hear why a little dose of hope can inject joy into everyday living. Zaki’s book is “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness.”This episode originally aired on September 6, 2024.

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