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[deleted] t1_j2c1zit wrote

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Strict-Lake5255 t1_j2c6sxf wrote

Could lead to others doing more decent things after reading about decent thing doer feeling gooder

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Antnee83 t1_j2d6oli wrote

There's actually some studies about this, and it's not at all clear.

One even came to the conclusion that consuming "charity" content like this can trigger the part of your brain that rewards you (rewards, not motivates) for doing altruistic things, making you less likely to actually do those things.

In the same vein: You know when you have a hobby, and then you spin up a grand project from that hobby? Don't ever tell anyone you're doing it, and you have a much higher chance of finishing it. It's the same trigger. You tell someone about your project, your brain rewards you as if you've done the project.

Brains are silly.

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[deleted] t1_j2c70b0 wrote

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Lieutenant_Joe t1_j2ddydq wrote

Look, man, I’ve been to a lot of places in this world in my short life. It may not be some sort of idyllic utopia to you, but the fact that people can just do stuff like this here and not expect it to go wrong most of the time is a pipe dream for many Americans who live anywhere outside of Maine and Vermont. Like, some would never even consider it a real possibility for society to get to that level of trust. If OP told this story to someone who’s never left the Midwest, they might not even believe it.

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