The one thing that immediately occurred to me: Psychotherapy invokes a virtual reality all its own – even without goggles. This is especially the case with dynamic psychotherapy that activates forms of transference in which one relates to th…

You already know from experts like Dr. James Doty or Dr. Laura Markham that teaching your kid empathy is as important as their intellectual, physiological, and non-assh*lic development. But according to Michele Borba, former teacher, educational p…

This incredible experiment in using virtual reality to build empathy—the first step to engagement and action—could be groundbreaking. I am following closely, can’t wait to see how this evolves, and promise to report back along the way…

I recently learned about Van Jones’ virtual reality experiment, Day of Empathy via this video (thank you, thank you, thank you to Nancy Schwartz for writing about this on her Getting Attention nonprofit marketing blog: OMG Experiment to Connect &…

Working in the world of design, I hear a lot about leveraging empathy to make great experiences with products. Empathy has become a cornerstone of Human-Centered Design because you approach every problem by first listening, then searching for understan…

Augmented reality (AR) is just one of the immersive technologies that give publishers a chance to develop new storytelling formats, alongside virtual reality and 360-video.Empathetic Media, a company built to foster empathy between storytellers and the…

What explains Donald Trump and his supporters? It seems that people on the left understand Trump disempathically — to say the least. Perhaps an empathic understanding can help, too. Nearly everyone on the left and on the right are steeped in…