The Good Money project stamps dollar bills with the phrase "This Money Has Been Used for Good" in an attempt to get people to pay it forward.
Storified by Kim Wilder · Mon, Mar 24 2014 15:07:34
The idea comes from David Gaz, a filmmaker who became interested in the idea of kindness-as-a-virus three years ago. He read a book by James Fowler and Nicholas Christakis, which shows how doing something nice for one person can set off a chain of four further acts, and he's been putting theory into practice ever since. He made a film called "Kindness Is Contagious," toured the country to give talks about kindness, and started projects like Good Money.
"My wife told me that she thought my work was becoming dark and cynical and suggested I try something positive," he explains. "Half joking, I said 'Sure, I'm going to make a movie all about being nice.' But a few weeks later, I came across the work of James Fowler and Nicholas Christakis, and how they scientifically had proved that kindness was contagious, and I thought that it would make a great subject for a documentary film."
