Emily Kwong
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4,795 appearances
100 recordings
11 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 16 Sep
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Yeah, let's get into the psychology of this.
What does science have to say?
Yeah, so scientists who have studied behavior after mass trauma say disasters spark an outpouring of kindness and form a powerful bond between strangers.
Stanford social psychologist Jamil Zaki actually has a term for this.
He calls it catastrophe compassion.
Jamil says you can see this in history time and time again, this groundswell of collaboration after catastrophe.
And he says that the science that explains it comes back to identity.
Wait, say more.
How does how does this all have to do with identity?
We tend to lump ourselves into categories, right?
Like I am a Christian.
I'm a knitter.
I'm a New Yorker.
And we tend to care and support for people within our own group.
Jamil says these group identities may actually keep us apart in our everyday lives.
Like, I don't identify with so-and-so.
The knitters and the crocheters can knock it along.
I'm just kidding.
Right.
But disasters blow away these barriers.
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