![]() ![]() But you’ll find the garbage collectors and the teachers and the nurses, people who we often don’t pay very well, but turn out to be people we can’t live without. If you look at those lists, you won’t find the hedge fund managers or the marketeers or whatever. Around the globe, there are governments coming up with lists of so-called vital professions. ![]() The other thing this crisis shows very clearly is how dependent we are on certain professions. They really spread throughout a social network, even influencing people who you don’t know, who you haven’t seen. This may sound a bit cheesy, but there’s actually a lot of psychological research that shows that acts of kindness are really contagious. Whereas, if we assume that most people are cooperative and want to help, then we can actually inspire other people. ![]() If we assume that most people are fundamentally selfish, and if we design our response to this virus with that view of human nature, then we’re going to bring that out in people. ![]() Because it’s not only the virus that is contagious, but our behavior as well. I hope that the message of my book is extra relevant right now. Is this moment a fertile time for that idea? ![]()
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