Roman Krznaric is a cultural thinker and writer on the art of living. This talk is based on his new book Empathy: A Handbook for Revolution. Roman is a founding faculty member of The School of Life in London, and advises organisations including Oxfam and the United Nations on using empathy and conversation to create social change. He is also founder of the world’s first Empathy Library (http://empathylibrary.com/). He has been named by The Observer as one of Britain’s leading lifestyle philosophers.http://www.romankrznaric.com/
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