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The Science of Kindness

Why Helping Others Makes us Happy

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The Science of Kindness

By: Boris Kriger
Narrated by: Michael Bridges
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What if the greatest strength of humanity has never been competition, but kindness?

This book reveals how compassion is not a fragile ideal but a force inscribed in our biology, confirmed by psychology, and proven by the resilience of societies that nurture it. From childhood lessons and family models to schools, workplaces, and entire communities, it shows how small daily gestures accumulate into powerful habits that transform both inner life and collective destiny.

Drawing on science, history, and lived experience, this book uncovers kindness as more than courtesy—it is a necessity, a hidden engine of survival and the surest path to enduring happiness. It lowers stress, strengthens health, deepens trust, and builds communities capable of withstanding crisis. Far from weakness, it is humanity’s most durable strength.

The future belongs to those who choose to cultivate it. This book is a call to live with intention, to recognize every encounter as an opportunity, and to weave kindness into the fabric of life until it becomes not an exception, but the defining rhythm of our time.

Kindness is not a luxury. It is the strongest instinct for survival—and the only true foundation for a flourishing world.

©2025 Boris Kriger (P)2025 Boris Kriger
Personal Development Personal Success Philosophy Society
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