How has empathy influenced the development of society?
Jeremy Rifkin, an American economist, Wharton graduate, and author of The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness In a World In Crisis, discusses the history and implications of empathy. It is amazing how the firing of particular neurons in our brains has significantly shaped a variety of aspects of society. So check out this really interesting RSA video (with awesome animations!) featuring Jeremy Rifkin’s lecture, “The Empathic Civilization”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g&feature=relmfu
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