If you feel certain your preferred candidate will lose the presidential election, that AI is coming for your job or that climate change is going to destroy humanity, then you have fallen prey to a ...

Cynicism grows. It seems contagious. It is often a reaction that involves feeling hurt or betrayed, which grows into distrust, pessimism, and then cynicism. Cynicism is often associated with fatalism ...

Cynicism is a belief that humans are self-interested and immoral. Cynicism was once seen as radical, now is largely viewed as corrosive. Cynicism in large doses is unhealthy, but in some forms may be ...

“Never give up.” – 🎬 Robots (2005) This line is spoken during one of Robots’ most heartfelt and defining moments — when ...

Editor’s note: Shift Your Mindset is an occasional series from CNN’s Mindfulness, But Better team. We talk to experts about how to do things differently to live a better life. Cynicism is on the rise.

The hour I spent with the 26-year-old having job troubles felt like 10 hours. “Jack’s” dad had asked me to talk with his son as a favor. “He can’t find the right job. He’s had a run of bad luck. Can ...

Cynicism is all around us; it’s contagious, and it can permeate an entire generation’s thinking quickly. Young people today are faced with mental health, physical health, social, democracy and climate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Maggie Chiang / For The Times) If you feel certain your preferred candidate will lose the presidential election, that AI is ...

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned my fondness for Maria Popova’s weekly blog, "The Marginalian." In her recital of lessons learned over her 16 years of writing, she delves into the conflict of what ...

When I was 11, I was asked by my 4-H agent, Sarah Jane Lindsey, to give a short speech at our 4-H Spring Kick-Off event. I was one of four people and the other three were all in high school. Yikes!

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. It doesn’t occur to him that it might be a good idea to find out what Bernie was driving at. Yet when the charge ...