Lisa Aliferis edits KQED’s “State of Health” blog on public health and policy in California. Before moderating a panel on health and altruism, she admitted in the Zócalo green room that she’s a better grammar nitpicker than joke teller—and that while she lives in northern California, the southern part of the state has at least one thing going for it: gin and tonic weather.
James Doty is a neurosurgeon and director of the Center for the Study of Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University, which was founded with the support of …
Stephen G. Post is author of The Hidden Gifts of Helping, founder of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, and a professor at the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, …
David Levinson is the founder and executive director of L.A. nonprofit and annual community service event Big Sunday, in addition to being a screenwriter. Before participating in a panel on …
What if there were a drug out there that cost nothing to produce, required no prescription, and made people live longer, feel happier and less stressed, and sleep better? There’d …
We can all point to some dreadful people who seem to live forever, but in general the numbers favor the good guys. According to researchers, being charitable in behavior—being kind—promotes …
