Abigail Marsh, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Georgetown University, studies extraordinary altruism — people who jump in to rescue strangers in emergencies or donate a kidney to someone they don’t know. I don’t know his name. I don’t think I said thank you. The altruists I’ve worked with said that their decision was very kind of intuitive. If you enjoy spending time with other people, help in ways that are extroversion-friendly, like volunteering at a soup kitchen.

Source: Washington Post January 09, 2026 10:41 UTC