Our hearts are hurting
Empathy is core to a world that works for everyone. In this new era of history, we must exist for each other, especially when times are hard.
Eric Holthaus
Mar 29
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One of my most favorite parts of humanity is that time and time again, across all cultures in all parts of the world, friends and neighbors come together during times of crisis to help each other. No one needs to organize it. It just happens. For more than 100 years we’ve had scholarly evidence that this is true. When times are hard, we are altruistic by nature.
We’ve all been a part of these impromptu communities: pitching in to help free a stuck car in a snowbank, consoling a crying stranger in a bar bathroom, holding vigil after a tragic death of a loved one. In war zones and in hurricanes and in quiet bedrooms, we are built to love each other especially when we most need to.
I firmly believe we are in one of those times right now, on a global scale.
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