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By David Gaz
In Cooperation, Kindness Is Contagious, Pay it Forward, Science
Posted July 5, 2015

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 [...]

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By David Gaz
In Cooperation, Nice Guys Finish First, Science
Posted January 4, 2015

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 [...]

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By David Gaz
In Cooperation, Philosophy, Science
Posted September 3, 2014

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 [...]

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By David Gaz
In Making A Difference, Science, Success
Posted September 1, 2014

We're Sometimes Kind Without Reason, Or Are We?

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 [...]

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By David Gaz
In Cooperation, Philosophy, Science, Social Networks, Success
Posted August 25, 2014

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 [...]

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By Nicholas A. Christakis & James Fowler
In Making A Difference, Science, Social Networks
Posted March 23, 2014

Social Networks and the Spread of Altruism

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 [...]

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By David Gaz
In Making A Difference, Science
Posted January 21, 2014

You ARE Making A Difference, And Don't Let Anyone Tell You Otherwise!!!

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 [...]

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By David Gaz
In Philosophy, Science
Posted September 4, 2013

Do Psychopaths Win By Mimicking Kindness?

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 [...]

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