Hope For Cynics
The Surprising Science of Human Goodness
Jamil Zaki . 2024 . 149 ZAK . Beaverton Library
Dr. Zaki is professor of psychology at Stanford University and director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab
This book is difficult to read in brief snatches. The author full-names many people once, then mentions them by first name many pages later. Not all are indexed ... who is "Megan?"
Index by FIRST NAME FIRST MENTION
Emile |
Bruneau |
001 |
Thomas |
Hobbs |
006 |
Zeus |
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Hephaestus |
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Pandora |
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007 |
Frederick |
Niezche |
008 |
Stephanie |
Bruneau |
008 |
Sherlock |
Holmes |
015 |
Mycroft |
Holmes |
015 |
Diogenes |
of Sinope |
016 |
Jesus |
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017 |
Walter |
Cook |
018 |
Donald |
Medley |
018 |
Chung |
Sye-kyun |
023 |
Bill |
Bruneau father |
023 |
William |
of Orange |
024 |
Ralph Waldo |
Emerson |
026 |
Geoff |
Cohen |
027 |
Andy |
hypothetical |
029 |
Ben |
hypothetical |
029 |
Sue |
hypothetical |
030 |
Colleen |
hypothetical |
030 |
George |
Bernard Shaw |
030 |
Megan |
Q |
033 |
Bill |
Gates |
033 |
Harold |
Megan's father |
034 |
Eileen |
Megan's mother |
034 |
Bernie |
Sanders |
035 |
Thomas |
Megan's boyfriend |
035 |
Karen |
Douglas psychologist |
035 |
George |
Floyd police murder |
035 |
Mary |
Ainsworth psychologist |
036 |
George |
Carlin comedian |
038 |
Linda |
Bruneau schizo mom |
039 |
Mano Japan |
high trust neigborhood |
040 |
Mikura Japan |
low trust neigborhood |
040 |
Clara |
Bruneau daughter |
040 |
Atticus |
Bruneau son |
040 |
Landon |
Zaki wife |
043 |
Guy Smiley |
Zaki nickname |
043 |
CBT |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
043 |
Leibbrant |
Andreas Leibbrant PhD |
046 |
Lake village |
Leibbrant study |
046 |
Ocean village |
Leibbrant study |
046 |
Stasi |
East German police |
049 |
Freedom House |
nonpartisan org. |
049 |
Boris Johnson |
UK Prime Minister |
049 |
WeWork |
coworking 2010-2023 |
050 |
Theranos |
healthtech 2003-2016 |
050 |
FTX |
crypto$ 2019-2022 |
050 |
Frank Jude |
Milwaukee beating 2004 |
050 |
Libby Schaff |
Oakland mayor |
050 |
Fruitvale |
Oakland ICE targer |
050 |
Piedmont |
rich community |
050 |
Charles Schultze |
economist |
051 |
Logan Lane |
student |
052 |
ER Murrow H.S. |
Brooklyn |
052 |
dodopaddle app |
053 |
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Tinder |
dodopaddle app |
053 |
Penninsula |
private school |
055 |
Samantha Moore-Berg |
Emile's lab colleague |
058 |
Logan Lane |
Luddite Club |
059 |
dodopaddle app |
059 |
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dodopaddle app |
059 |
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dodopaddle app |
060 |
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Luddite Club |
Logan Lane |
060 |
Chris Inglesias |
Unity Council CEO |
064 |
Clinica de la Raza |
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064 |
Unity Council |
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064 |
Zumba classes |
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064 |
World Happiness |
|
066 |
Fred Bryant |
psychologist |
066 |
Upworthy |
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069 |
David Bornstein |
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071 |
Jean-Paul Sartre |
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073 |
Trabien Shorters |
black poor gifted |
072 |
Cranbrook School |
Michigan private school |
072 |
Pontiac Michigan |
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072 |
asset-framing |
|
073 |
Al |
hypothetical father |
073 |
Amur |
hypothetical father |
073 |
Grameen Bank |
|
075 |
Mohammed Yunus |
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075 |
Tina Rosenberg |
NYT columnist |
076 |
David Byrne |
Talking Heads |
076 |
076 |
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Fixes |
NYT column |
076 |
WORTH |
Women Overcoming Recidivism |
076 |
TeleHelp Ukraine |
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076 |
solutions |
journalism |
076 |
SJN |
network |
077 |
Voting Rights Florida ex-felons |
078 |
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Boston Firefighters |
accused of faking injuries |
079 |
Vanessa Bohns |
influence neglect |
081 |
Robin Dreek |
2002 FBI spycatcher |
083 |
Robert Axelrod |
UMinn poly sci |
084 |
Tit for Tat |
program, generous TFT better |
085 |
trust powerful |
builds connections |
086 |
humans can't NOT change |
087 |
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Janet Lewis |
Stanford women's rugby |
090 |
Loud trust |
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091 |
Atsushi Watanabe |
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097 |
hikikomori |
Japanese total isolation |
097 |
no close friends |
15% of US men |
098 |
Vivek Murthy |
US Surgeon General |
099 |
talk to strangers |
fun surprise, new friends |
100 |
secret introvert |
time alone when lecturing |
101 |
Stanford actually friendly, ugly self-image |
102 |
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negativity bias |
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102 |
anxious young adults, isolation, cynicism |
103 |
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- Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the couch and clutch, feeling lucky.
- It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency.
- -- Rebecca Solnit
p001 Introduction
p001 Emile Bruneau died 2020 age 47
- p001 Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab at U. Penn. Annenberg School for Communication (cannot find)
- p003 Emile's mother schizophrenic, but "She never let any of the darkness touch me"
- p004 Cynicism ... is a seductive worldview, dark and simple. Too simple, really to explain much of anything.
p004 General Social Survey began in 1972
- p005 In 1972, 50% agreed that "most people can be trusted", only 33% agreed in 2018.
- p005 52% trusted president in 1970s, 23% in 2022. Newspapers 39% to 18%. Public schools 58% to 28%
- p007 Media's product is cynicism.
- p008 Nietzche called hope "the most evil of evils because it prolongs man's torment"
- p009 Cynicism is a lack of faith in people, skepticism is a lack of faith in our assumptions.
Section I: UNLEARNING CYNICISM
p015 Chapter 1. Signs and Symptoms
- p015 Mycroft Holmes more talented, but "no ambition and no energy" and a disdain for humanity
p016 Mycroft Holmes co-founded Diogenes Club
- p018 "big-C Cynicism" opposite of misanthropy and "small-c cynicism"
p017 the real Diogenes helped people and would despise the Diogenes Cl]][[ub.
- p017 Three statement test:
- (1) No one cares much what happens to you.
- (2) Most people dislike helping others.
- (3) Most people are honest chiefly through fear of getting caught.
p018 Cook and Medley: Worse teachers agreed with these statements. They are a "cynicism detector".
- p020 adolescent cynics more likely depressed, drink and divorce in and after college
- cynics earn less, more heart disease, die sooner
- p020 Finland 58% trust, France 18% trust
- p021 High trust nations grow GDP faster
- p025 Dining out, bring Tupperware rather than single use plastic from restaurants (?)
p025 autarkeia self-sufficiency
p026 Self-Reliance 1841 essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson
p026 Stanford's Geoff Cohen
- p027 people who affirm their values become more open to contradictory infomation
- p028 Zaki was jealous of others, birth of daughters overwhelmed worries about social status
p029 Chapter 2. The Surprising Wisdom of Hope
- p030 valorize: enhance value
- p030 cynics wise less often, poor at identifying liars
p031 real wisdom when people know what they don't know. Think more like a skeptical scientist, less like a accusing lawyer
- p032 cynics prone to conspiracy theories, skeptics less prone
- p032 Author is suspicious skeptic - low faith in people, high faith in data
p065 Chapter 4. Hell Isn't Other People
Section II: REDISCOVERING ONE ANOTHER
p097 Chapter 6. The (Social) Water is Just Fine
p130 Chapter 8. The Fault in Our Fault Lines
Section III: THE FUTURE OF HOPE
p200 Epilogue
p205 Acknowledgements
p209 Appendix A: A Practical Guide to Hopeful Skepticism
p213 Appendix B: Evaluating the Evidence
p217 Chapter Claim Ratings
p225 Notes
p263 Index
- p263 Emile Bruneau