The Empathic Civilisation

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The following is narrated by author and political adviser, Jeremy Rifkin, and animated by the folks at the Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts. Watch as in ten minutes, ten-thousand years of empathy is explained in this entertaining video.

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12 years ago

Touchdown! That’s a really cool way of pttinug it!

13 years ago

We have that book, and I am reading it now. The video is a fantastic synopsis and the whole thing reads like the classes I had in psychology and evolutionary biology. Full of studies that everyone should know about, but presented in a way that demonstrates the important role of empathic behavior, and how we could be moving toward a period of greater understanding.

Sobering and disturbing evidence that some animals have a sense of self (chimps, elephants, dolphins) makes me even more disgusted with the humans who exploit and murder our fellow creatures.

So far a great book! (about 2″ thick so be warned)

13 years ago

Great stuff Lawyer…got me thinkin…grrr, I don’t want to think….

Jess
13 years ago

Great video, shared with several people in my life that I believe need the reminder we are all connected. I ordered it too, so maybe we can compare notes after we read it.

13 years ago

Cheers old bean. T’ra

13 years ago

It gives a person a little hope for the future. Hope is good.

Jess
Reply to  Holte Ender
13 years ago

AYUP Holte, if you don’t have hope you have lost it all.

Reply to  Jess
13 years ago

Hopey changey?

Jess
Reply to  Teeluck
13 years ago

Izzat u Bible Spice, taking time away from your busy Twittering and book of facing career 😉

13 years ago

Stunning video~! Wonderful.
I think of sacred compassion as NON dyfunctional EMPATHY (cuz you know who co-dependent we can all be) …
It was a great video… I’ll be posting it!

Jess
Reply to  C.H. McDermott
13 years ago

You should try half.com, if you have’t already. Shipping is usually about 3 dollars, but you can get books at way less than even used bookstores. Another site I was turned onto lately is Swaptree.com. You make a listing of things you have, you want to get rid of and they will match you up with someone that has what you want. Saves the carbon footprint by recycling books, games, music. Only cost is for you to ship your item to the person they tell you. I’ve used it several times to get a few things and it has worked beautifully each time.

Reply to  Jess
13 years ago

LOL, Jess is on the cutting edge, she has enuff brains for two people 🙂

Jess
Reply to  Teeluck
13 years ago

🙂 Don’t know about that Teeluck. I have barely enough for myself at times.

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