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Money or puppies?

What people and pups can tell us about the science of generosity.

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Does kindness really beget kindness? The folks at SoulPancake We’ve partnered with our friends at the John Templeton Foundation to determine whether people feel more inspired to be generous when they see other people being generous with them.

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