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Kindness Matters

Submitted by mettahari on March 9, 2009 - 12:54am

Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Counts

A psychologist probes how altruism, Darwinism and neurobiology mean that we can succeed by not being cutthroat.

Fascinating piece in Scientific American about the biological, evolutionary, and practical advantages of kindness. Worth reading.