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From Dhoruba Shakur & girlfriend's talk at The Flying Squirrel Community Space in Rochester, NY. An audience member recommends the book The Empathic Civiliza... 
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ORConsulting's curator insight,
October 22, 2014 4:49 AM
This is a fascinating RSA animate youtube clip. It asks some very broad questions about human nature, evolution, religion and psychology, and puts forward an interesting argument for empathy as being one of our core drives. Empathy can be a difficult concept to grasp (and even more difficult for some to enact).Maybe, if it is indeed part of our core nature, and if collectively we are able to tap into this drive more effectively, it could paint a brighter future for us as a species, and especially for our biological and ecological community on Planet Earth. We'd really recommend taking time out of your day, perhaps over a coffee, to watch and absorb this clip, and to think about your own experience of empathy for those around you. Time to view: 10 minutes
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For those of you without enough patience to watch the full version, I ran into this condensed version. It takes out all of the pauses and a tiny bit of info, but still manages to convey the same message quite well.
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Jeremy Rifkin's 2010 lecture to Ross faculty discussing the role of empathy in education.
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I felt particularly stirred by comparing what Jeremy Rifkin was saying with the Christian gospel. It seems to me that it is the gospel which raises the possibility of connecting the human race beyond boundaries of age, face, gender, etc. like nothing else. Such a pity that down the centuries the gospel has been so often high jacked by those who wanted it as a boundary marker for gathering people inside while keeping others out. Having just been celebrating Christmas it seems to me that the coming of God to earth in human form illustrates that God is wanting to bring about the very things Rifkin points us to.
Brenda Robinson's curator insight,
January 3, 2014 9:28 AM
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