{"id":136264,"date":"2021-02-12T20:53:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=136264"},"modified":"2021-02-12T20:58:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:58:22","slug":"jamil-zaki-were-experiencing-an-empathy-shortage-but-we-can-fix-it-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=136264","title":{"rendered":"Jamil Zaki: We&#8217;re experiencing an empathy shortage, but we can fix it together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-block-embed-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jamil Zaki: We&#039;re experiencing an empathy shortage, but we can fix it together\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/jamil_zaki_we_re_experiencing_an_empathy_shortage_but_we_can_fix_it_together\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Being a psychologist studying empathy today is a little bit like being a climatologist studying the polar ice caps,&#8221; says psychology professor Jamil Zaki. 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