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The organ donor experience
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Katrina Bramstedt |
"Organ donors are, by definition, altruists, and their act is even more generous when they remain anonymous. But altruism doesn't tell the whole story. There are myriad motivations, some subconscious… |
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Give and Take
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Adam Grant,Adam M. Grant |
For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But in today's dramatically reconfigured world, success is increasingly dependent on how w… |
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Explaining Altruism A Simulationbased Approach And Its Limits
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Eckhart Arnold |
"Employing computer simulations for the study of the evolution of altruism has been popular since Axelrod's book "The Evolution of Cooperation". But have the myriads of simulation studies that follow… |
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Strangers drowning
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Larissa MacFarquhar |
"What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment and tells their deeply intimate … |
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The giving way to happiness
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Jenny Santi |
"We often focus on how our gifts can help those in need. But the act of giving actually improves our own lives as well. In The Giving Way to Happiness, Jenny Santi overturns conventional thinking abo… |
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Being Me
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Yvonne Cathcart,Rosemary McCarney |
Rosie is wearing her red cape, sitting up in her thinking tree wondering what she'll be when she grows up. She's not old enough to be a pilot, or a paramedic, or a dog groomer. But she does believe t… |
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Caring for others
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Susan Martineau |
Covers topics such as what caring is, how to care for and help others, being a good friends and caring for our world. |
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