Homo-Empathicus - The Empathic Civilization [MIRROR]

Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society.

Original video is here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g

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[rosskay]

i have some disagreements though with conscious development- out foraging ancestors could have had jsut as much empathic abilities.

[alowlyapprentice]

@rosskay Yeah, it's kind of a stretch to have any clue when there is little or no information on the complexities of social interaction going that far back.

[rosskay]

I talked a lot about this actually with the feminists I was assocaited with ... I got looked at like I had 3 heads, lol. I did a lot of reading and research on J bowlby, attachment theory, etc. I also used to be a neuro-bio major and take a huge interest in this. Sue johnson expanded on bowlby's work, and found that most of us are actually "hardwired" to seek love and attachment- for the first time science has some "concrete" evidence as to what love really is.

[alowlyapprentice]

@rosskay I'm not familiar with Johnson. I'm def. going to check her out. I've recently decided that sociopathy may very well be connected to an underdeveloped love/empathy/belonging mechanism. Even though science and research may point to a physical mechanism of love, I think there is a large psychological component mitigating the affects of our biology. Not to mention we are somehow a self modeling animal through our language and actions. I'm either a romantic or just plain ole naive.

[ghana25]

@tazmaniainc Wow!! You are so cool, responding to a comment I left well over a year ago. Go fuck yourself, low-life scum.

[tazmaniainc]

@ghana25

you're a moron, just think about it

[mistyandq]

There are some amazing leaps of total illogical in this!

[MojoSoDope19]

This reminds me of McKenna's Novelty theory

[rosskay]

@alowlyapprentice oh, kim and steve is more for people who are around the narcissists, not the narcisissts themselves, though they do have stuff for them too... I have other books I could reccomend too ( short and easy read too.) i'll om you about it in a bit...

[alowlyapprentice]

@rosskay Welp, I'm definitely going to add some books to my reading list. I've heard about the Cooper's book. If it is to cure me of my narcissism I may pass on that one. I think I want to keep what I have. *giggle. j/k.

[rosskay]

@rosskay So if you are interested, I would highly reccomend the book "hold on to your kids" by dr goleman which talks about parental vs peer orientation, and sue johnson has a relationship book that goes a little into her research called "hold me tight" And Kim and Steves narcissismcured <probably one of the best resources about narcissism, and what to actually do about it.

[rosskay]

@rosskay This ties into cultural/parental orientation (vs. peer orientation) There is spontaneous learning from culture (must like the mirroring this author is talking about) and parents, it acts like a support stick to a growing tree. Human beings actually need, strive and grow on culture and it's boundaries, it's a lot to get into, with commentary.

[rosskay]

@alowlyapprentice well, sociopathy and narcissism can basically look the same on the outside, behaviorally. Simply put, in child development, we need structure, boundaries, and unconditional love. Any of the three missing, in particular parents not having firm boundaries potentially sets up children for narcisissm as adults. Unofrunately narcissism is better understood by people like the supernanny than actual psychologists. They can't replace parents communtiy, teachers, cops, etc.