A Kindness Thought Bubble, Featuring Born to Be Good

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A Kindness Thought Bubble, Featuring Born to Be Good

By Jason Marsh | April 20, 2010 | 2 comments

It'll make your vagus nerve hum!

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The motion graphics design group Thought Bubble teamed up with author Amy Krouse Rosenthal to produce this charming short film about the importance of kindness. It gives a nice tip of the hat to Dacher Keltner's book Born to Be Good and its depiction of kindness as key to the meaningful life.

It'll make your vagus nerve hum.

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