Dr. Jamil Zaki
2024-09-06

Hope for Cynics w/ Dr. Jamil Zaki

This week Scott is joined by author and professor of psychology at Stanford University, Dr. Jamil Zaki. Scott and Dr. Zaki discuss tribal cynicism, how hopeful skepticism is different from naive optimism, and the importance of countering “social shark attacks”.

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Dr. Jamil Zaki

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Armchair Expert is a weekly podcast hosted by American actors Dax Shepard and Monica Padman. Each podcast features Shepard and Padman interviewing celebrities, journalists, and academics about "the messiness of being human". The podcast premiered February 14, 2018, with Shepard's wife, actress Kristen Bell, as the first guest.

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