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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I produced the film Kindness Is Contagious to use principals of science to hack human behavior and make the world a little better by spreading kindness. The idea of my film is that if kindness is [...]
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 [...]
Social networks and altruism are deeply inter-connected. Each is required for the other. In research that we have been conducting these past few years, we have explored how kind acts flow across [...]
Here’s a great video by Bill Nye, The Science Guy, It turns out that all this helping people you are doing is actually working: MYTH 1) The us spends 25% of it’s budget each year on [...]
One of the biggest problems I had while filming Good Virus was the insistence people had that nice guys finish last. They are wrong of course, so much evidence proves the contrary, but I [...]