Instead of Being Cynical, Try Becoming Skeptical - by Jamil Zaki - Behavioral Scientist
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Instead of Being Cynical, Try Becoming Skeptical - by Jamil Zaki - Behavioral Scientist
Don’t just resist cynicism — fight it actively. Fight it in yourself, for this ungainly beast lays dormant in each of us, and counter it in those you love and engage with, by modeling its opposite
Maria Popova • 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings
How to avoid cynicism:
Act in ways opposite to your instinct. If you hate something, find out more about it. Again ask 'What is this?', 'Who made this?', 'Who is this for?' Genuinely. Never stop doing this"
-via @being_on_line
The internet is full of smart people writing beautiful prose about how bad everything is, how it all sucks, how it’s embarrassing to like anything, how anything that appears good is, in fact, secretly bad. I find this confusing and tragic