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Washington's Snow and the Lack of Community Spirit

Tamar Abrams | Posted 12.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Chip, Public Option, Altruism, Snow, Christmas, Health Care Reform, Washington DC, Community, Greenhouse Gases, Living News
Tamar Abrams

Snow affords us an opportunity to care for one another. We can shovel for an elderly neighbor, and make crossing safe for pedestrians. Whether shoveling a sidewalk or providing health care to Americans -- we could all use altruism this season.

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The Power Of Giving: CNN Highlights Stories Of Generosity

Posted 12.14.2009 | Impact

Read More: 29gifts.Org, Giving, Altruism, Cnn, The Giving Life, Impact News

CNN is celebrating the holiday season by highlighting stories of giving, generosity and hope. In the first installment of their "Giving in Focus: The ...

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Why Aren't We All in This Together?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, Greed, Altruism, Living News
Deepak Chopra

This is a country where the haves help the have-nots. But the massive holdouts in the House vote show that the last thirty years of reactionary policies have weakened the altruism of America.

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Who's Really Nuts, 20/20 or the 'Crazy Cat Ladies'?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Animal Rescue, Abc, Mental Health, Pets, Altruism, Cats, Elizabeth Vargas, Media, Film, Loss, Marriage, Loneliness, Stereotypes, Singlism, Expectations, Tv, Strays, Alienation, Single, Documentary, Crazy Cat Ladies, 20/20, Media Bias, Relationships, Living News
Bella DePaulo

20/20 recently treated its viewers to a condescending pity-party for the women it calls 'crazy cat ladies.' The segment, with an accompanying article online, was so over-the-top that it was almost a parody of itself.

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'Doing Good' Isn't In Your Genes, Study Says

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact

Read More: Dna, Altruism, Nurture, Nature, Do Good, Ethnography, Adrian Bell, Culture, Impact News

What makes people help others? Evolutionary scientists have long debated whether our genes have anything to do with behaviors that make us help strang...

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Four-Year-Old Inspires Sustainable Business

Ode Magazine | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Four Year Old Sustainable Business, Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, Four Year Old Business, Giving, Business, Entrepreneur, Altruism, Living News

Here's a story you might find encouraging - it's a story that makes it seem entirely possible for the entrepreneurial impulse to exist alongside fierc...

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The Dalai Lama's Secret: What Makes Us Good?

Mark Matousek | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Meditation, Daniel Goleman, Dalai Lama, Altruism, Science of Goodness, Living News
Mark Matousek

The components of altruistic energy appear to be as measurable as photons and electrons, and are more palpable than a skeptic might imagine.

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Sci-Fi Morality: Could Aliens Save Us from Prejudice?

Jamil Zaki | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Rwanda, Emotions, Neuroscience, Implicit Bias, Independence Day, Altruism, Science, Hurricane Katrina, Morality, Psychology, Watchmen, Israel, Prejudice, Science Fiction, World News
Jamil Zaki

Mountains of evidence suggest that being part of a group changes our perceptions of members of other groups at startlingly basic levels.

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The Healing Power of Compassion: Actress Finds Remedy For Stress With Her "Big Give"

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Acting, Giving, The Giving Life, Philanthropy, Generosity, SOS Children's Villages, Chirldren, Charity, Relationships, Altruism, Oprah, All My Children, Happiness, Living News
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

"It is better to give than to receive" is a phrase that has become so commonplace, it's easy to take the meaning lightly. Many of us have felt that wo...

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Good-Bye, Cruel World!
Hello, 'Do One Nice Thing'

Debbie Tenzer | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living

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Debbie Tenzer

Helping every week is strength training for the soul. With all the bad news in the world, it's easy to become numb but making kindness a regular habit keeps your compassion muscles strong.

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Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection XII: Multilevel Selection Theory, Salsa Style

David Sloan Wilson | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Selfishness, Evolutionary Models, Group Selection, Altruism, Multilevel Selection, Politics, Inclusive Fitness Theory, Science, Kin Selection, Truth and Reconciliation, Evolution, Politics News
David Sloan Wilson

No matter how the groups are formed, no matter how flexible the choice of behaviors, altruism is locally disadvantageous and requires higher-level selection to evolve.

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Does Evangelical Giving Do the World Good?

Valerie Tarico | Posted 05.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Generosity, Evangelical Christians, Altruism, Freethought, Good Works, Volunteering, Missionary, Christian, Living News
Valerie Tarico

When a person's altruistic impulses are directed toward winning converts, it is valid to ask whether they are actually serving human well-being or simply serving a mind virus.

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Happiness Myth No. 10: It's Selfish To Try to Be Happier.

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 04.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationships, Altruism, Happiness, Happiness Myth, The Balanced Life, Happiness Myths, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

As I've studied happiness over the past few years, I've learned many things that surprised me. Each day for last two weeks, I've been debunking one "...

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My Big Fat Vegan Kidney Donation

Hillary Rettig | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Kidney Donation, Hillary Rettig, Altruism, Vegan, Philanthropy, Kidney Transplant, Vegetarian, Animal Rights, Charity, Green News, Kidneys, Organ Donors, Living News
Hillary Rettig

A lot of people look at you weird when you tell them you're donating a kidney to a non-family member, just as they look at you weird when you tell them you're vegan.

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Obama and the Science of Altruism

Jamil Zaki | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Togetherness, Community Service, Helping the Needy, Emotion, Charity, Empathy, Hope, Children, Brains, Altruism, Helping Others, Martin Luther King Jr., Science, Psychology, Obama Community Service, Peace Corps, Barack Obama, Helping the Poor, Giving Back to the Community, Emotions, Neuroscience, Brain, Martin Luther King, Volunteering, Kids, Service, Giving Back, Evolution, Politics News
Jamil Zaki

Why would we have evolved to feel each other's pain? Two aspects of empathy can help explain this, and the reason that evolution may have selected for strong empathizers in the first place.

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Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection IV: The Great Reckoning

David Sloan Wilson | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science, Politics, Evolution, Altruism, Truth and Reconciliation, Group Selection, Modern Synthesis, Politics News
David Sloan Wilson

By the 1960's, evolutionary theory had settled into a comfortable paradigm called the Modern Synthesis.

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Bill Gates' Misguided Capitalism

William Easterly | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Altruism, Charity, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Creative Capitalism, Capitalism, Charities, Business News
William Easterly

Gates' attacks the system that has historically done the most to alleviate poverty -- traditional capitalism -- in favor of an implausible alternative -- a third way that mixes profits and altruism.

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