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Cómo escapar de la trampa del cinismo

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Jamil Zaki |

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• August 2021

Algunos días cuesta ser optimista. Pero el cinismo, esa idea se que la gente es egoísta, ambiciosa y deshonesta por naturaleza, está trayendo mayor soledad y división a la humanidad, dice el psicólogo Jamil Zaki. Mientras presenta un estudio fascinante sobre la cooperación, la empatía y la confianza, Zaki argumenta científicamente el optimismo y nos muestra cómo escapar de la trampa del cinismo.

Algunos días cuesta ser optimista. Pero el cinismo, esa idea se que la gente es egoísta, ambiciosa y deshonesta por naturaleza, está trayendo mayor soledad y división a la humanidad, dice el psicólogo Jamil Zaki. Mientras presenta un estudio fascinante sobre la cooperación, la empatía y la confianza, Zaki argumenta científicamente el optimismo y nos muestra cómo escapar de la trampa del cinismo.

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Jamil Zaki

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Jamil Zaki is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab.

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This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Learn more about how you can fight cynicism by working to connect better through these "kindness challenges."