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Is It Better to Give Than to Receive?
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Is it better to give than to receive?
We’ve heard that idea so often it can feel almost virtuous to refuse what comes toward us.
But if you never receive, what exactly are you supposed to give from?
Episode Nine is about generosity, and the part of generosity we rarely talk about: allowing ourselves to receive. Why giving feels so good in the brain. What Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and secular ethics have in common when they talk about generosity. And why true giving has very little to do with keeping score.
There’s also another side to giving. The…
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