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The Evolution of Empathy
March 25, 2018 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
In this TED talk from RSA Animate, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways it has shaped human development and society.
Author and social thinker Jeremy Rifkin asks, “Can we reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse?”
We will watch this short (10.39 minutes) TED talk and we will then discuss it in a group setting.
Jeremy Rifkin is an American economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political adviser, and activist, with some very controversial theories.
