The cultivation of systems with incentive structures that are geared toward pro social behavior can do a lot. Institutionally, we want to be able to help the helpers and facilitate these things within us. i think this is what eugene debs was talking about when he said, i'm not one bit better than the meanest on earth. He wasn't just talking about people in prison being criminals or whatever. He was actually asserting this universal ness to his politics and his humanity.
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In these unprecedented and (in many ways) awful times, it can be difficult to make sense of the world in a way that is fruitful and beneficial
In this special panel discussion, the Wrong Boys, along with friends Breht and Mexie, set out to build on Mr. Rogers advice to “look for the helpers”, and try their best to articulate everything that is deep and meaningful about helping others, as well as being helped
Soccer Jersey Study https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/identity-emergency-intervention-how-social-group-membership
Revolutionary Left Radio’s “Paying Tribute to Radical Voices of Black Liberation” https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/paying-tribute-to-voices-of-black-liberation
Pro-social behavior increases meaning in life http://home.uchicago.edu/~nklein/ProsocialBehaviorIncreasesMeaning.pdf
Pro-social behavior reduces effects of stress https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2167702615611073
Pro-Social Behavior in Early Life https://positivepsychology.com/prosocial-behavior/
