The Science of Generosity

More and more studies are happening at transformative events
around the world. This summer a research paper was published
about how transformative effects of these gatherings are lasting.
This 5-year experiment compared findings from a half-dozen mass
gatherings. 


The results explore generosity and altruism, describe collective
effervescence, and consider the biases of self-selection and
psychedelic substances. People report that transformative
experiences are common, increase over time, and include new
perceptions of each other… and universal connectedness… and
lasting changes in moral orientation.


How did they do it? What did they find, and how does it relate to
you, and to me, and to BRC?


If you like science, or psychology, or transformation, or if you
want to like them, listen as social scientists share stories with
Stuart about the pleasure, the pain, and the process.



Molly Crockett, associate professor in the Department of
Psychology at Yale University


Daniel Yudkin, postdoctoral fellow at the University of
Pennsylvania


Prosocial correlates of transformative experiences at secular
multi-day mass gatherings | Nature


Researchers Share First Findings on Burners’ Transformative
Experiences | Burning Man Journal


Collective effervescence - Wikipedia


FOOTNOTES:


S. Megan Heller (The Countess of The BRC Census)


L.A. Paul


Martha Newson


Harvey Whitehouse


Dominic Beaulieu-Prévost


Ritual, Dimitris Xygalatas


Burning Progeny | 2018 Symposium in Fribourg


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