THE VIDEO SHELF · empathy
Brené Brown on Empathy
A short animated RSA piece with Dr Brene Brown's voiceover on the difference between empathy and sympathy. She argues that real connection requires getting in touch with your own vulnerability, rather than trying to fix someone's pain.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a quick, memorable explanation of how to support someone in pain without making it about yourself.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Royal Society of Arts
- Topic
- empathy
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2020
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Most of what I read is related to startups or economics, but for the short list of change-my-life books: This year I read a lot about what you might loosely call the Paleo movement / anti-carbs and sugar movement. The New Evolution Diet , The …
neilk on Hacker News · 2013-12
In Ask HN: What book changed your life in 2013?I'm unsure how this anecdote proves anything about a correlation between empathy and wealth. Whether you are rich or poor, you can have empathy. If you're interested in empathy, I suggest you watch this brenee brown video. The video may seem anecdotal but she has …
andrewtbham on Hacker News · 2016-01
In Is it the Wealth Gap that's bad or the Empathy Gap that comes with it?My employer had me go through training that had this video as part of the curriculum. Though I already understood the ideas, the video was still useful for me. It's less than 3 minutes long. [VIDEO] In short, sometimes people need connection to others; problem-solving …
rpdillon on Hacker News · 2020-10
In How to deal with extreme physical pain
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