Pulling the Thread

Pulling the Thread

The Surprising Wisdom of Hope (Jamil Maki, PhD)

Listen now (56 mins) | "In certain ways, our culture has glamorized the cynic. The person who doesn't have faith in others is seen as maybe wise or especially sharp. And it turns out that..."

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Elise Loehnen
Sep 05, 2024
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Dr. Jamil Zaki is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. Jamil trained at Columbia and Harvard, studying empathy and kindness in the human brain, and I’ve been a mega-fan for years, after interviewing him for h…

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