Clearly, the education system in the U.S. is subversive, eh? H/t Walter Masterson Left unchecked, will this lead to the horrors of a more compassionate and understanding society? Recommend this Post
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Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Nicoletta Lanese reports on a new analysis showing that COVID-19 has become a leading cause of death among U.S. children. Ewen Callaway discusses what will be needed from the next generation of vaccines to respond to an evolved threat – but as Gregg
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – CBC News reports on the rise of COVID levels in Saskatchewan cities’ wastewater. David Axe reports on the development of the BA.4.6 variant which looks likely to represent an even greater threat than the currently-dominant version. And Bruce Mirken discusses how the failure
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Daisy Fancourt discusses how general non-compliance with public health orders and recommendations can be traced back to the perception that elites couldn’t be bothered to do their part (and would never face consequences for their actions). Which leads of course to the latest
Continue readingScripturient: The Long Read Lost
“What we read, how we read, and why we read change how we think, changes that are continuing now at a faster pace,” wrote Maryanne Wolf, a neuroscientist, in her book, Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in the Digital World (Harper Paperbacks, 2019). It’s the sequel to her previous
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne highlights how the fight over carbon taxes fits into a broader framework of class warfare – and how the right’s climate nihilism needs to be met with solutions which will include workers in the benefits of an economic transition. – Elise
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Tonic to Acrimonious Debate: Empathy
Yelling at each other online is cool and what not (see the RPOJ) but past cartharisis for the writer, I’m thinking, not much is really accomplished. Understanding the context and where people are coming from is an important skill to foster, and as Alexander Bevilacqua (from his essay on the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Spheres of Influence; Human Lives – Syria Teaches Us What is Important
The parochial attitude of North Americans is quite disturbing, and unjustified. We have unparalleled access to information and news from across the globe and by this feature alone we should be attuned to the plight of others and the injustice in the world. Yet, most of us are not.
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Kent Hehr: He’s not necessarily an empathetic guy, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing
PHOTOS: Kent Hehr, back in the days he was an Alberta Liberal MLA. I have to tell you, Mr. Hehr is not crazy about this picture, probably because he regrets wearing that particular shirt. Below: The image Mr. Hehr would prefer to project; Niccolo Machiavelli, advisor to princes through the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Amira Elghawaby comments on the loss of empathy in Canadian politics – particularly due to a disproportionate focus on the perceived self-interest of a narrow group of upper-middle-class swing voters, rather than speaking to and about the people with the greatest need
Continue readingThings Are Good: Conscientiousness Can Lead to Corporate Success
The corporate working world is a tough place and ti’s often assumed that the heartless will have the most success.The myth that that one needs to be like a character from Wall St. in order to advance on the corporate ladder is too common. Instead, you should be conscious of
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: A few thoughts on empathy in human beings, and other living creatures
Empathy is natural in human beings, as Jeremy Rifkin has pointed out – and with strong backing by recent scientific findings. Some human beings have more and some less; and some are sociopaths – roughly 1% (and usually, the ones who gravitate to positions of wealth and power, unsurprisingly) –
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Empathy Vs. Sympathy – An RSA Short by Dr. Brené Brown
I’m in complete agreement with this animated short. I can see from my own personal experiences the vastly different feelings I get between someone sympathizing with me versus someone who empathizes with me. I can see why empathy is less common – it is waaaaaay harder to achieve because
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Can We Teach Caregiving to the Masses? Should We?
Here’s a question I’ve been pondering this week: can excellent caregiving be taught? Imagine the perfect caregiver… someone who listens with their whole being, someone who enables the disabled with quiet dignity and humor, someone who puts their charge in the spotlight, while they retreat to the shadows. Can these
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Compassion creates happiness, freedom and better relationships
Kozo Hattori, a writer and counselor, explains how compassion creates happiness, freedom from gender stereotypes, and better relationships with others. The post Compassion creates happiness, freedom and better relationships appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: 5 people who used extreme empathy to change the world
English economist and social reformer Beatrice Webb is one of the five “empathy heroes” who changed the world by taking compassion to the extreme. The post 5 people who used extreme empathy to change the world appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Restorative Justice and Neuroscience
In this TED talk, Daniel Reisel examines how neuroscience backs up the (already obvious) reasons that restorative justice works better than punitive justice.
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Emotional Intelligence? Can you tell the expression just by their eyes? QUIZ!
It is remarkable how humans can understand emotions. Many of you know that the way to tell a person’s emotions is within their eyes. Forget the smile on their face- […]
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: You Have NOT Grown Numb to Crisis
“The goal was to touch upon the fear of becoming numb to crises that don’t affect you directly.” With a myriad of crises in the world, we fear becoming numb to their severity and how they can make us so depressed. I think on a large scale, political, environmental and
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Eating the Poor
Do you look up to the 1%? How could you? Come, children, let’s take a look! Fact: The world’s 85 richest people hold the same amount of wealth as its 3.5 billion poorest. Opinion: “It’s fantastic, and this is a great thing because it inspires everybody, gets them motivation to
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