this video was linked on facebook by a friend and i thought it was just such a fascinating, well-spoken take on some of the most fundamental things we talk about in our community here ... so i wanted to share. besides the message, who knew all this cool stuff can be found online? or that there was a royal society for the arts that does sweet graphics for youtube videos?
my favorite excerpt:
my favorite excerpt:
"empathy is grounded in the acknowledgement of death and the celebration of life and rooting for each other to flourish and be.
it's based on our frailties and our imperfections. so when we talk about building an empathic civilization we are not talking about utopia, we're talking about the ability of human beings to show solidarity not only with each other but with our fellow creatures who have a one and only life on this planet.
we have to extend our identities to think of the human race as fellow sojourners."