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Selfish and prosocial individuals both distort their actions’ impact, but selfish distortions can be more contagious - Nature Human Behaviour
In this study, Vollberg and Gross show that both selfish and prosocial individuals exaggerate the social benefits of their choices, with selfish-serving distortions proving to be socially contagious.