A study of 100,000 people found we cooperate more than we think
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In a standardized behavioral experiment run with more than 100,000 people across 125 countries, 69 percent of participants chose to cooperate with an anonymous stranger on behalf of a shared goal, even when doing so meant taking a personal financial loss. Those same participants, when asked how many of their fellow citizens would make the same choice, guessed 47 percent. The research, led by a German team and published in Science, is the first globally repres
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