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Great video. Im very anti cynicism . Cynicism is very effective in its destruction, that’s why it has to be taken serious.
At its core cynics are anxious, although they put up the facade of the condescending know it all , beneath that it’s a defensive act avoiding potential situation that might hurt them. If they were honest about that , that’d be fine. But instead of being honest they tear down the whole validity of the idea of pursuing the thing that they’re afraid of, and not just for them but for everybody.
So what can be done against cynicism?
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Gratitude - you can’t be grateful and cynical at the same time .
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Beauty. “Beauty is that which will stay forever immune to cynicism”. I read that in a book once. And I thought about it. Even the biggest cynic couldn’t argue that the Sagrada Familia or the dome in Florence are “just a few old stones”. The beauty is so obvious that it destroys cynicism.