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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

The Man who Solved Kindness

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

History, Society & Culture

4.76.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

George Price is on a mission to prove that human kindness is real. He's seen the latest research suggesting any altruism is ultimately selfish and finds it deeply depressing. George decides to learn the mathematics he needs to prove that research wrong, and throws his career, and life, into the quest for complete kindness.

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0:50.9

In the waters around Martha's Vineyard in 1974, they have a 25-foot, five-ton problem.

1:00.8

It's a great white shark, and it doesn't work.

1:05.6

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1:14.7

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1:40.8

A warning before we start. This cautionary tale discusses death by suicide. If you're suffering emotional distress or you're having suicidal thoughts, support is available.

1:45.7

For example, from the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline in the US.

1:55.7

Bill Hamilton is on his way to a funeral.

1:59.7

We're in London. It's January 1975.

2:03.8

Hamilton is an academic, obscure to the general public, but well on his way to becoming a superstar in his field.

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