Name: Reconnecting with compassion
Uploaded: 2011-02-14T17:24:00Z
Duration: 15 min 36 s
Description: The term "compassion" -- typically reserved for the saintly or the sappy -- has fallen out of touch with reality. At a special TEDPrize@UN, journalist Krista Tippett deconstructs the meaning of compassion through several moving stories, and proposes a new, more attainable definition for the word.

The term "compassion" -- typically reserved for the saintly or the sappy -- has fallen out of touch with reality. At a special TEDPrize@UN, journalist Krista Tippett deconstructs the meaning of compassion through several moving stories, and proposes a new, more attainable definition for the word.

Krista Tippett: Reconnecting with compassion

Reconnecting with compassion

Compassion, often equated with pity or dismissed as 'kumbaya,' is vital for personal and civic spaces, transcending cultures.

Kindness and curiosity underpin compassion, leading to empathy, forgiveness, and the transformative act of simply being present.

Einstein, known for E=mc2, also exemplified compassion in his advocacy and personal actions, showing genius in the art of living.