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0924 Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness Pre K - K Fiction New Titles June 2023 500 species of birds thatCynicism is making us sick; Stanford Psychologist Dr. Jamil Zaki has the cure. In 1972, half of Americans agreed that most people can be trusted; by 2018, only a third did. Cynicism is an understandable response to a world full of injustice and inequality. But in many cases, it is misplaced. Dozens of studies find that people fail to realize how kind, generous, and open minded others really are. Cynical thinking deepens social problems: when we expect