Empathy in the Face of Existential Threats ft. Paul R. Ehrlich Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to hear a Stanford Professor Emeritus explain
why empathy is necessary to save humanity.


Paul R. Ehrlich is the Bing Professor Emeritus of Population
Studies at Stanford, where he taught for over half a century. He
is an expert in evolution, ecology, and human biology and the
author of The Population Bomb, considered one of the most
influential books of the 20th Century. In this episode, he
addresses the most existential problem facing humanity - climate
change - and the significant role empathy plays in combating it.


00:00 Introduction


00:23 About Paul R. Ehrlich


02:43 Paul reflects on a passage from his 2010 book Humanity on a
Tightrope


04:00 What is the “human predicament”?


05:48 Why women’s human rights matter for climate justice


07:32 Why Paul is not optimistic about solving the population
problem


10:52 What is the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the
Biosphere (MAHB)  Initiative at Stanford?


13:38 Empathy’s role in tackling existential problems


18:12 The downward spiral of the last 15 years


21:11 The root cause of our perilous situation


26:44 Pearls of wisdom for young people


29:12 Paul R. Ehrlich’s Purposeful Empathy Story





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Humanity on a Tightrope https://tinyurl.com/yc5t7upp





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Video edited by David Tsvariani