# Infectious Generosity

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- Book: [Infectious Generosity](https://www.bookquiver.com/chris-anderson/infectious-generosity) ([Infectious Generosity.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/chris-anderson/infectious-generosity.md))
- Authors: [Chris Anderson](https://www.bookquiver.com/chris-anderson)
- Publisher: Wh Allen
- ISBN: 978-07-5356-049-5
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2024-01-25
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

**Picked by Bill Gates for his summer reading list** 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? Chris Anderson, the head of TED, believes that we can 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 homelessness - and catalysed a movement • how two anonymous donors gave $10,000 each to 200 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 learning In telling these inspiring stories, Anderson offers a playbook for how to embark on our own generous acts - whether gifts of money, time, talent, connection, or kindness - and to prime them, thanks to the Internet, to have self-replicating, world-changing impacts.