#Moral Behavior

How Examples Spread Good and Evil Alike

Beyond individuals, networks magnify example. Christakis and Fowler’s analyses of the Framingham network (NEJM, 2007–2008) reported that obesity, smoking cessation, and happiness clustered and propagated along social ties. In controlled settings, Damon Centola (Science, 2010) showed that ‘complex contagions’—new norms requiring reinforcement—spread best through clustered, redundant connections. These results clarify La Rochefoucauld’s phrase ‘produces its like’: actions ripple not merely linearly but through patterned webs, where structure decides whether a spark becomes a cascade. [...]

Your Beliefs Don't Make You a Better Person, Your Behavior Does - Unknown

This quote emphasizes that what truly defines a person is their actions, rather than their beliefs or words. One's behavior and actions are what have a tangible impact on the world and those around them. [...]