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Anyone here read Emotions Revealed by Paul Ekman? I think after reading this book it has helped me better to understand and connect with people's feelings. Buil
by semerda 13y ago
Anyone here read Emotions Revealed by Paul Ekman? I think after reading this book it has helped me better to understand and connect with people's feelings. Building empathy isn't just about listening to people. It is also about understanding their body language, choice of words, tone etc.. More can be read from the body then what they are saying.
An interesting point of view is presented in a book Brain Rules for Baby by John Medina. He talks about how technology is destroying a growing mind to develop Empathy. Kids these days are more engaged on their smart phones messaging friends vs spending time in the play ground with them face to face. Their ability to build empathy by human to human communication is diminished. We are then left with kids that have social skill issues and instead of treating the root cause doctors push drugs into them. A spiral down into oblivion.
- merkitt 13y agoOn second thought though, technology has allowed us to share our views about this topic right now. The text medium and relative anonymity has enabled us to share a lot more than we would have a hundred years ago.
- semerda 13y agoOf course. But you missed my point that "technology is destroying a growing mind to develop". Once a mind has gone through the development phase, technology helps in ways we could have never imagined in the old days (as you pointed out).