Monday, May 4, 2015

Craigslist Joe and The Empathic Civilization

In the RSA Animated video The Empathic Civilisation, Jeremy Rifkin explains
"We are soft-wired to experience another's plight as if we are experiencing it ourselves... We are actually soft-wired for sociability, attachment (as John Bulby might of said), affection, companionship and that the first drive is to actually belong; It's an empathic drive" (Rifkin).
"The generosity of people, and like the stories they shared, and the connections I made, in one month, was so deep. Meeting everyone and telling them my story, and the journey, and having people invite a complete stranger into their homes and feed me and go out and share their-selves and their lives with me; It was truly inspiring on humanity, to know that we can take care of each other" (Craigslist Joe).Daisy, one of the people Joe meets through his travels is a dominatrix, who kicks men in the balls for a living. "Their is always like the phycological approach to like why would somebody do that like I want to know that person" (Craigslist Joe).

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