Exercising your generosity like a muscle with John M. Sweeney
The TED Interview
English - May 09, 2024 04:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB - ★★★★ - 2K ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture business health entrepreneurship finance leadership comedy science entrepreneur fitness interview Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When John M. Sweeney first read about the old Italian tradition of “café sospeso”, he didn’t know he’d create a viral movement. The simple and powerful idea originates in the working-class cafés of Naples, where generous Neapolitans who could afford to do so would buy two coffees — but consume only one, leaving the other for a less fortunate person to claim. Chris chats with John about why he took this concept from an exploratory Facebook page to the Suspended Coffees movement that now has more than 2,000 participating cafes worldwide. They talk about the profound power of random acts of kindness, the beauty of gifting economies and how the philosophy of generosity can change an entire community – and the world at large.
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