Jamil Zaki

Author; Associate Professor of Psychology, Stanford University; director, Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab

Associate Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab and author of “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness.”

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This week Jamil Zaki, professor of Psychology at Stanford University and author of “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness,” talks about our need to rebrand hope as…

Midweek Reset: Rebranding Hope

This week Jamil Zaki, professor of Psychology at Stanford University and author of “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness,” talks about our need to rebrand hope as…

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Jamil Zaki, Stanford professor of psychology/author, explains the science and appeal of cynicism while Tania Israel, professor of counseling psychology/author, talks about how to build…

Positivity and hope: How to navigate society away from cynicism

Jamil Zaki, Stanford professor of psychology/author, explains the science and appeal of cynicism while Tania Israel, professor of counseling psychology/author, talks about how to build…

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