@30:08 "if you look at the relationship between the number of adverse life events people reported in their lifetime and the expression of compassion, they found that people who were, who had experienced higher levels of cumulative lifetime adversity were more compassionate. They were more willing to engage in prosocial behavior."
"They also found that to the extent to which you experience higher levels of cumulative lifetime adversity, you are less prone to be overwhelmed by the number of people who are suffering...this is called the numeracy bias...when you see one person suffering, you feel like, oh, I can do something with that person. But when you hear that like a whole country has a refugee crisis, you tend not to get involved. Because you feel like, well, this is overwhelming. I don't think I can do anything about this, so I'm not going to engage. It turns out that people who have experienced a high level of lifetime adversity are immune to this bias."
@33:04 "they found that to the extent to which people engage in that type of self-reflection, those people are much more likely to increase in wisdom and increase in wellbeing after going through a change in life event..."
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