what if I were to tell you that being
kind emphasizes your chance of survival
what if I told you that the simple acts
of being kind can help you live longer
be stronger and live more successful in
fulfilling lives what would you change
so in the crowd raise your hand if
you’re familiar with the coin term
survival of the fittest yeah
Darwin right we’re so familiar with that
coin concept but what comes to mind when
we think of that we think of this
hyper-competitive cutthroat and
desensitized side of human nature but
it’s not really how we were meant to be
is that really how we are biologically
built to be in order to thrive and in
this case to survive so survival of the
fittest is just one small puzzle piece
to a larger picture it’s a matter of us
learning how to take a step back and
looking at Darwin’s eclectic works as a
whole Darwin actually said this although
it does go unaccredited and under looked
most of the time he said that the most
compassionate and sympathetic societies
would thrive the most and the shines a
light and reveals that we don’t have to
be this hyper competitive and cutthroat
society but rather we need to learn to
change the definition of survival of the
fittest and what quote unquote makes a
society fit it’s simple it’s kindness it
reveals that we don’t have to be this
cutthroat society but rather a society
that emphasizes community culture and
embrace this past summer I was doing
neurology research at UCSD and as I was
diving into the intricacies of the human
mind and getting extremely fascinated
with the human mind on the molecular
level I got extremely fascinated with
the human mind under different social
cues and situations and at the time UC
Berkeley was conducting similar research
but dr. Keltner was observing the
science behind
kind he showed photos of prototypical
suffering two subjects photos of famine
of death and he took their brain scans
and what came out of those brain scans
was truly revealing and he couldn’t be
far more off of his hypothesis so the
initial hypothesis with that was that
there would be the most neurological
activity in the prefrontal cortex of the
brain as you can see the prefrontal
cortex of the brain is the uppermost
surface part of the human mind it is the
last to develop and it is the most
evolved part of the human brain in short
it makes us humans human and so it would
make sense that we are when we are
empathetic towards someone it takes
higher consciousness it would take this
part of the mind but that wasn’t the
case what was actually found that had
the most neurological activity was the
brainstem as you can see the brainstem
is the innermost core part of the human
mind it is the most primitive part of
the brain and it is responsible for most
of our autonomic functions like heart
rate and breath and so what does this
reveal it not only supports Darwin’s
hypothesis that being kind is beneficial
to us but that being kind is embedded in
the frameworks of our DNA pretty amazing
right yeah it’s also found that research
supports that being kind is not only
beneficial to us but is very vital for
over well-being in our health almost as
important as daily exercise and eating a
balanced diet so what the University of
North Carolina discovered was that the
two hormones released from your kind are
oxytocin and vasopressin oxytocin and
vasopressin have vital effects on the
vagus nerve as you can see the vagus
nerve is the largest nerve in the body
it has vital effects on our breathing in
our heart rate our digestive systems it
communicates and simulates information
throughout our bodies and what these two
hormones oxytocin and vasopressin have
on our bodies is that it gives the vagus
nerve a greater heart rate variability
and with this greater heart rate
variability
it decreases the chance of diabetes of
heart failure and of other major
diseases as well as strengthening our
immune systems and helping us live
longer lives so now that we know that
being kind not only benefits us
individually physically and mentally how
do we transcend this idea to a greater
scale to affect our communities as a
whole so Einstein once said that the
future of humanity needs to understand
compassion as much as it needs
technological advancements that have
already connected us then and only then
we will unify and this is so true
because before we go on to tackle these
lofty goals and extreme triumphs abroad
we need to lay our foundation here for
looking out for one another we are
stronger together but only if we choose
to be you see it’s a matter of starting
the ripple effect of kindness and it’s
so such an underrated concept and such a
simple concept yet it affects us in so
many different ways and it has a vital
impact in our communities Darwin also
said that the only thing preventing man
from spreading his sympathies to other
nations and races are artificial
barriers so it’s time to take down these
barriers that we’ve built up our whole
lives and start right now to be kind to
one another we have so much fear of
failing and of not wanting to try and we
lose that opportunity to connect with
another human being it’s a matter of us
bridging the gap between competition and
compassion and learning that they’re the
same same side of one coin so I
challenge you guys today to have a
challenge for kindness so under each and
every one of your seats if you guys
haven’t found already there is going to
be a blue card yeah
on that card there is a Monday through
Sunday listing of conscious acts of
kindness you can do every single day so
you may feel like you don’t make an
impact but on the other end you
could make someone else’s world so I
challenge you guys to just do these
simple acts of kindness daily and see
how it impacts yourself your communities
and just the people around you it’s a
matter of us changing the definition of
survival of the fittest it’s a survival
of the kindest thank you and have a good night
kind emphasizes your chance of survival
what if I told you that the simple acts
of being kind can help you live longer
be stronger and live more successful in
fulfilling lives what would you change
so in the crowd raise your hand if
you’re familiar with the coin term
survival of the fittest yeah
Darwin right we’re so familiar with that
coin concept but what comes to mind when
we think of that we think of this
hyper-competitive cutthroat and
desensitized side of human nature but
it’s not really how we were meant to be
is that really how we are biologically
built to be in order to thrive and in
this case to survive so survival of the
fittest is just one small puzzle piece
to a larger picture it’s a matter of us
learning how to take a step back and
looking at Darwin’s eclectic works as a
whole Darwin actually said this although
it does go unaccredited and under looked
most of the time he said that the most
compassionate and sympathetic societies
would thrive the most and the shines a
light and reveals that we don’t have to
be this hyper competitive and cutthroat
society but rather we need to learn to
change the definition of survival of the
fittest and what quote unquote makes a
society fit it’s simple it’s kindness it
reveals that we don’t have to be this
cutthroat society but rather a society
that emphasizes community culture and
embrace this past summer I was doing
neurology research at UCSD and as I was
diving into the intricacies of the human
mind and getting extremely fascinated
with the human mind on the molecular
level I got extremely fascinated with
the human mind under different social
cues and situations and at the time UC
Berkeley was conducting similar research
but dr. Keltner was observing the
science behind
kind he showed photos of prototypical
suffering two subjects photos of famine
of death and he took their brain scans
and what came out of those brain scans
was truly revealing and he couldn’t be
far more off of his hypothesis so the
initial hypothesis with that was that
there would be the most neurological
activity in the prefrontal cortex of the
brain as you can see the prefrontal
cortex of the brain is the uppermost
surface part of the human mind it is the
last to develop and it is the most
evolved part of the human brain in short
it makes us humans human and so it would
make sense that we are when we are
empathetic towards someone it takes
higher consciousness it would take this
part of the mind but that wasn’t the
case what was actually found that had
the most neurological activity was the
brainstem as you can see the brainstem
is the innermost core part of the human
mind it is the most primitive part of
the brain and it is responsible for most
of our autonomic functions like heart
rate and breath and so what does this
reveal it not only supports Darwin’s
hypothesis that being kind is beneficial
to us but that being kind is embedded in
the frameworks of our DNA pretty amazing
right yeah it’s also found that research
supports that being kind is not only
beneficial to us but is very vital for
over well-being in our health almost as
important as daily exercise and eating a
balanced diet so what the University of
North Carolina discovered was that the
two hormones released from your kind are
oxytocin and vasopressin oxytocin and
vasopressin have vital effects on the
vagus nerve as you can see the vagus
nerve is the largest nerve in the body
it has vital effects on our breathing in
our heart rate our digestive systems it
communicates and simulates information
throughout our bodies and what these two
hormones oxytocin and vasopressin have
on our bodies is that it gives the vagus
nerve a greater heart rate variability
and with this greater heart rate
variability
it decreases the chance of diabetes of
heart failure and of other major
diseases as well as strengthening our
immune systems and helping us live
longer lives so now that we know that
being kind not only benefits us
individually physically and mentally how
do we transcend this idea to a greater
scale to affect our communities as a
whole so Einstein once said that the
future of humanity needs to understand
compassion as much as it needs
technological advancements that have
already connected us then and only then
we will unify and this is so true
because before we go on to tackle these
lofty goals and extreme triumphs abroad
we need to lay our foundation here for
looking out for one another we are
stronger together but only if we choose
to be you see it’s a matter of starting
the ripple effect of kindness and it’s
so such an underrated concept and such a
simple concept yet it affects us in so
many different ways and it has a vital
impact in our communities Darwin also
said that the only thing preventing man
from spreading his sympathies to other
nations and races are artificial
barriers so it’s time to take down these
barriers that we’ve built up our whole
lives and start right now to be kind to
one another we have so much fear of
failing and of not wanting to try and we
lose that opportunity to connect with
another human being it’s a matter of us
bridging the gap between competition and
compassion and learning that they’re the
same same side of one coin so I
challenge you guys today to have a
challenge for kindness so under each and
every one of your seats if you guys
haven’t found already there is going to
be a blue card yeah
on that card there is a Monday through
Sunday listing of conscious acts of
kindness you can do every single day so
you may feel like you don’t make an
impact but on the other end you
could make someone else’s world so I
challenge you guys to just do these
simple acts of kindness daily and see
how it impacts yourself your communities
and just the people around you it’s a
matter of us changing the definition of
survival of the fittest it’s a survival
of the kindest thank you and have a good night
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