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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 28 May 2014

    Anyone who knows anything about whether cynicism is considered "hard-wired" or malleable, + any interventions, would love to hear about it!

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      2. Dave Hogg  📎‏ @davehogg 28 May 2014
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        @avantgame The hard part about a cynicism intervention is that the cynic will never believe it can work!

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 28 May 2014
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        @davehogg yes! well that's why scientists think cynics die earlier, they don't take medical advice because they don't believe it!

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      4. Dave Hogg  📎‏ @davehogg 28 May 2014
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        @avantgame I'm trying to be less cynical, and living longer is a good incentive.

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      5. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 28 May 2014
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        @davehogg :) you don't strike me as deeply cynical, at least not on Twitter!! :)

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      6. Dave Hogg  📎‏ @davehogg 28 May 2014
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        @avantgame My hopes for humanity stay strong, even when I'm disappointed a lot.

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      1. Andrew Gill Smith‏ @andrewgillsmith 29 May 2014
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        @avantgame Buddhist monks practicing Compasssion+Gratitude meditation have changed cerebral cortex structures related to happiness. Link tk

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      1. Andrew Gill Smith‏ @andrewgillsmith 29 May 2014
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        @avantgame The cure for cynicism (and all destructive thought processes) is gratitude.

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      1. Chester Kang‏ @chesterkang 28 May 2014
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        @avantgame http://bit.ly/1oM0dCD  says its genes but http://bit.ly/1jvCrZ  says malleable - if it can go bad, it can go good, yes? :D

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      1. JL Evans‏ @DesertJay 28 May 2014
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        @avantgame Interventions might work for some people, esp. if they exhibit certain levels of self-awareness & other traits, but not everyone.

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      1. JL Evans‏ @DesertJay 28 May 2014
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        @avantgame So I think it boils down to biology offering a set of possibilities, and experience determining where you land within that range.

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      1. Nate Parker‏ @gamesophist 28 May 2014
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        @avantgame Cynicism is not hard-wired, and like anything, positive or negative change to perspective can happen with practice.

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      1. JL Evans‏ @DesertJay 28 May 2014
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        @avantgame That said, there's a bidirectional relationship between biology & environment. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/identical-twins-exhibit-d/ …

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      1. Jonathan Stone‏ @Jon__Stone 28 May 2014
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        @avantgame I sometimes give a tip that is surprising to the worker that took good care of me for however long and see at least a temporary 1

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      1. Chris Mallett‏ @chrismallett 28 May 2014
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        @avantgame Martin Seligman's "learned optimism" suggests that cynicism can be modified - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_optimism ….

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      1. Eric Calhoun‏ @emc2birds1stone 28 May 2014
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        @avantgame To overcome cynicism you have to embrace positivity and love vs criticism as the root of intelligence

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      1. Liz Quilty ♡‏ @LizQuilty 28 May 2014
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        @avantgame me too, i'm a cynic, so is my brother - hereditary? :D

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      1. Cristi Howe-Story‏ @kiss_me_kitty 29 May 2014
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        @avantgame Lk poet Michael Meade, who described the cynic as "the dream unrealized" Sad sm ppl start positive, then go to sch of hard knocks

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