3min chapter

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos cover image

The Kindness of Strangers

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

CHAPTER

How to Make Kindness the New Normal

The science shows that every time we take action to help another person, whether with a huge act like saving some one's life, or with something tiny like donating five bucks to charity, that kindness winds up giving us a happiness boost. If we can find ways to reduce people's uncertainty about inif we can make it normative to do nice stuff for other people then we may be able to increase the kindness we see in society. And more kindness in society means more happiness for everybody.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode