Dr. Todd Rose

You see this in these trauma and tragedy.

We reveal who we are.

Why is that true?

Because the norm around tragedy, right?

We have norms in this country and other countries that it's all hands on deck.

We just rally.

That's what we do.

I was a little worried some of the last unnatural disasters in the country when the first thing we saw was the politicization of it, the blaming right off the bat.

But then that dissolved pretty quick at the ground level into we need to help each other.

Because as human beings, we empathize.

That's one of our magical traits, right?

We can put ourselves in other people's shoes.

we can think about how we would want to be treated, and we can activate compassion and act on it.

When we see people in those times of need, it reveals what our real character is.

Imagine what it would have been like if the illusion was correct.

Nobody shows up.

And the thing right now, that's not the case.

But if we don't recognize this problem and take some responsibility for it, it could become the case.

Yeah.

Let me give you a historical example when I say, because it feels like