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TED Talks Society and Culture

How to motivate people to do good for others | Erez Yoeli

TED Talks Society and Culture

TED

Inspiration, Education, Society & Culture, Entertainment, Tech Demo, Design, Creativity, Tedtalks, Ted, Science, Ted Talks, Technology

4.1794 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2018

⏱️ ? minutes

Summary

How can we get people to do more good: to go to the polls, give to charity, conserve resources or just generally act better towards others? MIT research scientist Erez Yoeli shares a simple checklist for harnessing the power of reputations -- or our collective desire to be seen as generous and kind instead of selfish -- to motivate people to act in the interest of others. Learn more about how small changes to your approach to getting people to do good could yield surprising results.

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