In the video, which was posted on the Liberators International Facebook page on Wednesday, the public is asked where the human connection has gone, and invites people to share eye contact with strangers for one minute to find out.
As people share a very personal moment with each other, they can be seen unexpectedly tearing up, sharing a smile or a hug.
The public experiment was created by the Liberators International, an organisation which according to their personal webpage work to 'inspire humanity to share acts of freedom, love and kindness with one other.'
The organisation was founded by Peter Sharp, an artist with the mission to create social art which engages communities in playful acts and in sharing acts of love and kindness with one another.
Curious onlookers look baffled as the watch the voluntary participants get emotional and shed a tear before hugging each other.
On their Facebook page, Liberators International wrote ‘In this experiment we discover what happens when we intentionally share eye contact with strangers…We had no idea how quickly things would escalate!’
Through the unique experiment, strangers can be seen sharing a smile and a laugh with one other, breaking the ice that ordinarily exist between strangers today.
The video finishes with a quote by American philosopher William James stating: ‘We are like islands in the sea, separated on the surface but connected in the deep.’
Culled from Daily Mail Uk
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