Season 3 Episode 7: Cynicism

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Drought Crack Life Survival Flower Desert How to avoid cynical feelings of feeling helpless. “Always wear shorts under your skirt so you can go to the monkey bar” —@ladyscientist Mentioned in this episode: Learned Helplessness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness Grant rejection tweet: https://twitter.com/jeroenphv/status/1064579050134478848 Brain pickings assay: https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/02/09/hope-cynicism/ The Sunk Cost Fallacy: https://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/03/25/the-sunk-cost-fallacy/ Blog Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured): https://nicoleandmaggie.wordpress.com/ TV show Quantum Leap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Leap The Worst Songs Of All Time? https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2014/02/06/272457460/the-worst-songs-of-all-time Video of us dancing: https://twitter.com/IHStreet/status/1064729957249818625

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