specifically and it was Pearl bucks The Good Earth which he possibly if one is a cynic might think would render this young woman from Eastern China nostalgicand perhaps to a degree plant anyway to reinforce this
bloodshed. Um and did it as a complete atheist, right? um as an avowed atheist. cynical in that way felt criminal. I see it as my duty to keep that light
But I think it's true, in general, in our lives and in our relationships that cynicism is easy. Cynicism is kind of the default mode, I think, of human emotion, in a certain way. Trust, trust takes work.
Is there some type of pull that they have in particular? Cynical is OK. But we all remember the Apollo missions, and we all remember going to the moon.
words for things and blind sinicism rejecting everything they say and by and large we have collectively chosen blind cynicism so what do we do about this we're full fact we're the UK's independent factchecking organization it's our job to help people make their minds up about the really important issues of the
And then you've got a bunch of people who are just being distracted, and for whom social media is making them a bit more apathetic, a bit more cynical. It's sort of switching them off. And it's one of the reasons, I think, why people are trusting my world of maps and chaps and hierarchies even less, but also why increasingly they
And that shows because of this extreme level of consumption, 120 kilos of meat in USA, 80 in Europe, only 3 cynical enough, and you really look, you will find a selfish explanation for any seemingly altruistic behavior.
Science fiction versus speculative fiction. Cynics versus Pollyannas-- which comes up a lot when we talk about the concept of Hieroglyph, by the way.Happy endings versus downers.
A lot of people believe that giving to NGOs is not a very effective thing to do, because they take a cynical view of NGOs. They think that NGOs typically are bureaucratic, inefficient, spend a lot of money on their administration or on
big way. And this is a problem because to quote the most authoritative source on this subject that exists, which is my own book: American copyright laws are, quote "the most cynical, predatory, lopsided, and shameless money grubbing copyright laws written by any society anywhere in the universe since the dawn of Time itself." Now that's not my opinion, that's the opinion of one of the aliens in my book.
More and more politicians are coming out. The cynic would say it's dangerous for them not to, because their authenticity would be questioned, they'll be pilloried in the press, but people feel comfortable coming out today, and voters seem to be accepting of sexuality as a non
or you don't have good relationships with your coworkers or your family. And cynicism, feeling detached, negative, feeling like it doesn't matter. So combinations of these can be a sign of burnout and stress.
We've become increasingly dystopian in the stories that we tell about the future. Increasingly cynical about what we can do to change the world that we're going to live in. And so Neal was making this argument in the context of innovation, technological innovation, the kinds of research and money that
It's a celebration of this relationship that we have. One cynically could say it looks like a green salad. But in the handful of bites, the four to five bites that are on the plate, there's anywhere from 45 to 60 ingredients on the plate every day.
watch that video everyone says you reaffirmed you you knocked me out of my C cynicism and reaffirmed in me the belief that anyone can achieve greatness that we all have the ability to go beyond what we
of asking. And again, yearning and searching, because I think that the easiest thing, I guess what I say, what I'm all about is that the easiest thing in the world to do is to be cynical. It's an easiest fallback position to know it all, to be over it, to be cut off from, to be withdrawn from, to know better than others, to be pissy and sarcastic and all of those things. Like, it's a really easy position to be in. It's actually really hard to be present, engaged and open-hearted. And, but I think that's what we can all aspire
of cynicism of our political leaders, which are, who are governed by the hallowed creation of national interest. That is, we only do something that is within our nation's interests,
Now a cynic might say, why are they pushing alternatives if they have seen these statistics?
Or a cynic might say that people are amenable to marketing messages, and want things that they don't really want.
and heart underneath the cynicism. I think with narrative, you get a drive alongside jokes.
Because the cynical take with diffusion models, there's no way it understands anything.
That's the cynical way to look at it, but the other way to look at it is, I wanted to be sitting on a mountain peak
you're always cynical about other people's motivations, man, you're going to be in a very very bad spot.
and dismissive. Um and I you know I it is easy to think that people who are intelligent should be cynical, skeptical, dismissive and that the most intelligent thing to do is to take experiences like that and diminish them
bloodshed. Um and did it as a complete atheist, right? um as an avowed atheist. are completely cynically capitalizing on the fact that there are earnest believers who um
bloodshed. Um and did it as a complete atheist, right? um as an avowed atheist. so that cynicism could spill out of it.
And the cynical read is also...
There's also the cynicism aspect, which is anger.
Some people are very cynical.
They're all cynical. They're all chasing after this one wish that they think is going to fix their lives.
I feel very cynical about what's happening right now.
That kind of cynicism always just-- it just makes some sort of contrarian part of me just want to like, even if I don't see the idea
And I'm increasingly cynical about this-- that better decisions are made with knowledge than without.
So I think this is why-- the underlying rationale for why it's so difficult to be cultivating trust and why it's so easy to be cultivating cynicism. So what do we do?
And what's beautiful about this is that you can bring this into whatever you're doing, even if you're not so happy. even if you're cynical about your work, or the people around you are cynical, loving the work will help. Loving the work, in a way, it's a kind of practice of being more sincere.
Because the cynical people would say that I have my culture.
I was cynical, and I was surly, and I was looking at my watch, and yeah, yeah, and we didn't have email in those days.
I love your cynicism.
It may sound cynical, but I think the essence of human life remains the same. I also have that quote at my work place
that that was a cynical effort to achieve their own business interest at the expense of the society.
not the kind of cynical work requirements that end up cropping up in a lot of political discussions but instead say, if you're doing something
And the most cynical thing that the work is sewing police uniform and uniform for Russian army.
And-- The cynical way of putting it would be that I'm trying to take an end-run around emotional connection, by intellectualizing what is essentially family.
And not in a cynical way.
anybody they're on a pie chart so they must be okay hands up if you think somebody just made them up okay about half the cynical cynical cynical room hands up if you think I just made them up okay it's a bit of a blow for a fact Checker um these are actually as far as
can do attitude over cynicism.
Then we get cynical, negative, and then we become grumpy old bastards.
We get very cynical about it.
You're pretty cynical, maybe.
That may sound unnecessarily cynical, but I don't think I have a better answer.