Think Again – a Big Think Podcast
Think Again – a Big Think Podcast
Big Think / Panoply
37. Cory Booker (US Senator) – Cynicism: a Refuge for Cowards
25 minutes Posted Mar 12, 2016 at 3:00 am.
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“We all have so much power that we don’t use. And I think it’s because of cynicism,  which is a toxic spiritual state. Cynicism is a refuge for cowards.” –– Cory Booker

Why do so many of us choose to remain in a state of "sedentary agitation" about America's problems when there are so many things we could do to help? This is the core question of UNITED, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker's powerful new political biography. 

And it surfaces again and again on this week's THINK AGAIN as Senator Booker and host Jason Gots talk race, poverty, hope, and apathy in America, 2016. 

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