What i Will remember in 5 years

Well, I wish the entire world had your type of mindset. If so, it would definitely be a more positive place to live. It seems that too often people get caught up in their own personal lives, thinking about what they need to do, and where they need to be, that they forget the impact these small gestures have on a person. I also really like how you said this type of "kind behavior" is "contagious", as I see myself holding the door for someone, if someone else just held it for me.

I think it is interesting how "kind behavior" like opening doors for strangers, smiling, or saying hi to a stranger walking down the street is common in Minnesota, but from my experience, it is not as common in some other parts of the country. I lived in San Diego for 4 years while serving in the Marine Corps and you would be surprised how "unfriendly" people acted compared to back home in Minnesota. I guess "Minnesota Nice" is a real thing, I would even get weird looks for smiling at people I didn't know or holding doors open for people.

Intriguing blog post. This utopian idea of getting rid of the bystander effect is an interesting concept. I do think that prosocial behavior has the potential, by it's nature, to become much more widespread. With that said, we should take to it everyday to help someone. I am in the Carlson School and during orientation we did a project called "One Dot Does A lot" This project was one where each student made a minor goal to positively effect to community. When all of our dots add up, we have a large impact. This incombination with prosocial behavior could really start to rebuild society. If little positive nuances can encourage others to step up, AND all of the little effects add up to something great than society can be benefitted in the long run

I would tend to agree. When I hold the door open for someone it makes me feel like I might have possibly made their day a bit better and vice versa. When someone holds the door open for me I always say thank you and it puts me in a little better mood.

prosocial behavior is a great thing. it helps us all remember that, like you said, we are all in this together, so we might as well be courteous to each other. for all the times you go out of your way to help someone else, someone else might go out of their way to help you. it's a great thing to know that.

Prosocial behavior and the bystander effect are definitely good things to take away with you. I didn't know how serious the bystander effect was until we read about it.
There have been so many times wen I was in a terrible mood and have had random people do little kind things for me and it cheered me up. I even had someone I had never met before just hug me when I was crying.
It may seem stupid to some people, but small gestures like that really do make a big difference in peoples' lives.

Totally agree. The little things like opening the door or smiling at someone or asking if they're okay make me feel good, and also make me feel like that person might take something away from that and pay it forward. The butterfly effect, in essence.