Infectious Generosity

If you want to help create a more equitable world but dont know where to start, Infectious Generosity is for you.Bill Gates, GatesNotesThe bestselling author, media pioneer, and curator of TED exploresone of humankinds defining but overlooked impulses, and how we can super-charge its potential to build a hopeful futureLets face it: 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?As head of TED, Chris Anderson has had a ringside view of the worlds boldest thinkers sharing their most uplifting ideas. Inspired by them, he believes that its within our grasp to 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 homelessnessand catalyzed a movement how two anonymous donors gave $10,000 each to two hundred 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 learningIn telling these inspiring stories, Anderson has given us the first page-turner ever written about human generosity (Elizabeth Dunn). More important, he offers a playbook for how to embark on our own generous actswhether gifts of money, time, talent, connection, or kindnessand to prime them, thanks to the Internet, to have self-replicating, even world-changing, impact.