James Doty — The Magic Shop of the Brain
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Convergence Between Heroism, Compassion and Altruism
Being a hero doesn't necessarily mean that you have to, you know, jump off a bridge into freezing water to pull somebody out of the water. Being a hero can simply recognizing a situation where somebody is at risk and just making the effort to go and help them. And it could be even seen an elderly person having difficulty crossing the street, or seeing a person perhaps being bullied, and just intervening. The physiologic effects that individuals get, or what occurs in terms of making them feel good, or having the release of this, these hormones associated with reward, is actually quite quite amazing.
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