Heh,
uplifting.
^ Best bad comment of the year so far right here.
In his book “Humankind,” Rutger Bregman has a lot of examples of humans doing this sort of spontaneous selfless assistance to help someone in need. He makes the point that there’s no need for organization, and people will instantly volunteer and even risk their own lives. Because of this innate feature he has a much more rosey opinion of humanity which the rest of the book reinforces.
If you want an uplifting look at humanity I highly recommend it, especially if you’ve read “Sapiens” because it’s depressing and Yuval Noah Harari has a blurb explaining how Humankind is better.
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Some complex things need organization, like raising a barn, but the underlying message that in general people will help each other out when in need is absolutely true.
Unfortunately it only takes a few bad actors to discourage our innate desire to help others.
There are people with a vested economic interest in making sure we don’t help others, that’s for sure.
Also ‘moral’ self righteousness that satisfies their need to be better than someone else.
