Kidney Chains
In our film, Kindness Is Contagious, we profile Daria Mabra, who donated a Kidney to her next door neighbor who she hardly knew. This introduced me to the concept of kidney chains (although [...]
Hardwired For Kindness
Here is a terrific book by Dr. Donald Pfaff that scientifically demonstrates how humans are hardwired for kindness. The main premise is that humans are born ‘prematurely’ in comparison to all [...]
Should we Share?
On the island of New Britain, anthropologist Jane Goodale witnessed a group of Kaulong children play a game after they had been given one banana each. Their play, however, did not resemble the [...]
Making Kind Machines To Prevent Robopocalypse
The promise during the 50s was that computers would make it so that people would not have work as hard and usher in a brand new society of leisure. The reality is far from that. What happened is [...]
The Kindness Of Crowds
After immersing myself in the study of kindness I have come to believe that people on a whole are fundamentally good. Stephen Reicher, a social psychologist at the University of St Andrews [...]
Why Does Eastern Philosophy Foster Kindness?
Studies show that growing rice tends to foster cultures that are more cooperative and interconnected. Ask Americans to describe themselves, and chances are you’ll get adjectives like [...]
