We discuss the article which was critical of empathy: Great Negotiators Think With Heads, Not Hearts – Empathy Can Subvert Human Well-Being – Forbes – by Victoria Pynchon. The article’s use of the word “empathy” not congruent with Joe’s understanding of the latest research from people like Frans De Waal, Author of “Age of Empathy” or Jeremy Rifkin, Author of the Empathetic Civilisation, or Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz the author’s of “Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered”
Listen to On the Media- OTM looks at how the media tries to reach us on an emotional level. We look at the New York Times’ dive into virtual reality-inspired empathy, and Europe’s “compassion fatigue”.7:00 how empathy is comm…
What’s empathy got to do with it? The textbook definition is “the ability to understand what someone is feeling.”But when put into practice, empathy means a whole lot more. It means the ability to grasp the many sides of today’s…
A study has revealed that worrying about your kids is bad for your health. The stress causes your immune system to drop, and parents are more likely to get sick. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Jimmy Dore hosts of The Young Turks discuss. “Ki…
The researchers found that reading narrative fiction gave rise to significantly higher empathetic responses than it did while reading non-fictional books.According to the study published in journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, a psychologist-novelist …
