Chronic and endless cynicism isn't insight, I'm sorry, it's also miscalibration. It looks like insightful analysis only accidentally. But really it just causes you to resist other important forms of evidence about the world that are positive.
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@grimalkina it seems to me like the practical result of people getting too cynical is that they lose trust in other people or ideas and start only thinking about themselves, and that leads to very bad politics
This paper overstates its case a bit but I still think it's a fun read
This kind of "you can tell I'm smart and competent because I'm so kneejerk deeply jaded and cynical" thing is pervasive in technology cultures and it prevents a lot of good, mundane, real-world work from getting done.