In this short talk, Seung Chan Lim (Slim) shares two stories from a research he conducted at both the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University on what it means to “make something,” how it works as a creative process, and why it matters to our lives.
The stories illustrate how humility & courage help the artist develop their empathy in relation to the “others” they interact with in the creative process.
Feigenberg suggests parents who want to give their children an education in empathy not only ask “how was your day?” but also how they helped someone, how someone helped them, if there was a time when they were unsure about the right thing …
Haycox says that liberals, of course, understand the problems with this approach and that “a rising tide cannot lift the boats that are tethered to the pilings.” The professor concludes by lamenting the lack of “compassionate” conservatives. Perhaps he…
Scientists conducted experiments on empathy in which pairs of people were shown pictures of maggots and puppies. The participants could see the stimulus to which their study partner was exposed. When one participant was confronted with the pleasant sti…
Chimpanzees may reinforce social bonds by involuntarily mimicking a fellow chimp’s pupil size.Like humans, chimpanzees possess a capacity to unconsciously dilate their pupils to match those of a conspecific, according to research published last w…
