We're experiencing an empathy shortage, but we can fix it together
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Jamil Zaki |
TEDxMarin
• September 2017
"Being a psychologist studying empathy today is a little bit like being a climatologist studying the polar ice caps," says psychology professor Jamil Zaki. That's because according to research, our collective empathy is eroding. But there is good news: Empathy is a skill, it can be built, and he explains how he — and others — are doing just that.