Some people learn the grace of acceptance, and some never do. Don't sweat what you can't control, and realize you can only control yourself.
so you're saying concede to that which controls you? don't even consider advocating or acting to change the established order, no matter how much it encroaches or erodes.
Sounds like he's switched from Ayn Rand to Marcus Aurelius. I'm convinced if you hand him a philosophy book written in the 70's onward, his skin burns like Dracula.
The study is flawed. It begins with "cynics" vs "non-cynics" without defining what they mean by "cynics". Greek philosophy? people who believe the purpose of life is to live in virtue Oxford definition? an inclination to believe that people are motivated by self interest? or, as I've always thought it - people who question everything. The study is flawed in that cynicism is not quantifiable. I can be a cynic about religion, but completely buy into the flat earth arguments. Either way, these studies can be dismissed completely because their only point is to show how much smarter they are than eveyrone else. Where'd you find this? Facebook? oh, right. Twitter. Yea, I read the journal article. and I'm more impressed that it was published rather than the findings.
It's just another attempt at shaming people into picking a "team" so it's easier to hit them with canned arguments.
You've really got a Captain Ahab thing against the emotion of shame. Psychopaths and sociopaths just calmly dust it off their shoulder without all the screeching. That you see them as your ideal of Kolinar is quite telling.