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I was struck by how the deprivations that people experience can lead to eccentric kinds of compensation—like the hoarding syndrome of some of the poor.
Gary Smith • Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor
“The nature of life is change and the nature of people is to resist change.”
Lori Gottlieb • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement.
Stephen J. Dubner • Freakonomics
When I look around, I see evidence of this toggle switch everywhere. Notice how easily people who are normally compassionate drop that compassion when thinking and talking about members of a political party they hate—the “Them” political party? How these people are all about forgiveness with people they see as part of “Us” but are fine with permane... See more
Tim Urban • A Game of Giants — Wait but Why
Brach’s presence is disarming. If you search for her on YouTube, you’ll find hours of footage
Adam Alter • Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most
that by studying these exceptional people, we can learn to be more like them.
Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
crocodiles, I want to capture the process in which humans, struggling to evolve, push against their shells until they quietly (but sometimes loudly)