Hope For Cynics
The Surprising Science of Human Goodness
- Jamil Zaki . 2024 . 149 ZAK . Beaverton Library
- Hope is not a lottery ticket you cn sit on the couch and clutch, feeling lucky.
- It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency.
- -- Rebecca Solnit
p001 Introduction
Section I: UNLEARNING CYNICISM
p015 Chapter 1. Signs and Symptoms
p029 Chapter 2. The Surprising Wisdom of Hope
p046 Chapter 3. Preexisting Conditions
p065 Chapter 4. Hell Isn't Other People
p079 Chapter 5. Escaping the Cynicism Trap
Section II: REDISCOVERING ONE ANOTHER
p097 Chapter 6. The (Social) Water is Just Fine
p114 Chapter 7. Building Cultures of Trust
p130 Chapter 8. The Fault in Our Fault Lines
Section III: THE FUTURE OF HOPE
p151 Chapter 9. Building the World We Want
p168 Chapter 10. The Optimism of Activism
p185 Chapter 11. Our Common Fate
p200 Epilogue
p205 Acknowledgements
p209 Appendix A: A Practical Guide to Hopeful Skepticism
p213 Appendix B: Evaluating the Evidence