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Infectious Generosity
The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading
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From the bestselling author, media pioneer, and curator of TED, an inspiring book about one of humankind's defining but overlooked impulses, and how we can super-charge its potential to build a hopeful future. Recent years have been tough on optimists. Hopes that the Internet might bring...
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From the bestselling author, media pioneer, and curator of TED, an inspiring book about one of humankind's defining but overlooked impulses, and how we can super-charge its potential to build a hopeful future.
Recent years have been tough on optimists. Hopes that the Internet might bring people together have been crushed by the ills of social media. Is there a way back?
Chris Anderson, the head of TED, believes that we can turn outrage back into optimism. It all comes down to reimagining one of the most fundamental human virtues—generosity. What if generosity could become infectious generosity?
Consider:
- how a London barber began offering haircuts to people experiencing homelessness and catalysed a movement.
- how two anonymous donors gave $10,000 each to 200 strangers and discovered that most recipients wanted to 'pay it forward' with their own generous acts.
- how TED itself transformed from a niche annual summit into a global beacon of ideas by giving away talks online, allowing millions access to free learning.
In telling these inspiring stories, Anderson offers a playbook for how to embark on our own generous acts—whether gifts of money, time, talent, connection, or kindness—and to prime them, thanks to the Internet, to have self-replicating, world-changing impacts.
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ISBN: 9780753560495
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 25 January 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: W H Allen
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 162.0mm
Height: 240.0mm
Weight: 465g
Pages: 272
About the Author
After a career in journalism and publishing, Chris Anderson became the curator of the TED Conference in 2001 and has developed it as a global platform for identifying and disseminating ideas worth spreading. His TED mantra - 'ideas worth spreading' - continues to blossom on an international scale, with more than one billion TED Talks viewed annually. He lives in New York City and London.
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