Andrew Huberman· PhD
And I should mention again that it's not just the giving of money but also the giving of effort and time and attention that can have similar effects.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
And I should mention again that it's not just the giving of money but also the giving of effort and time and attention that can have similar effects.
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Native comments, Twitter mentions, and Reddit threads about this claim — surfaced together so the conversation isn't fragmented across platforms.
Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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And we talked about the study, also published in Science in which giving money, but also knowing how that money has positively impacted others, leads to this feeling of pro-social connection and happiness in the giver and in the receiver.