Alan Alda: Grow Your Empathy Through Better Visual Perception | Big Think

[@christophpirringer4518]

I think this man is so underappreciated. Thank you for bringing more insights of him!

[@cbeasy1856]

Well said

[@SonuKumar-pu5yk]

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[@valjibhaifultariya9372]

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[@rajivnarang2700]

One of the greatest communicators of our time. Thanks for this!

[@And3aPet]

I’ve always been a fan of Alan Alda, but especially after reading his book “Never Have Your Dog Stuffed”. This video has been a well spent 10 minutes. Thank you, Mr Alda!

[@coyoteblue4027]

"the way they occupy a chair"... what an interesting turn of phrase.

[@mgiaccount711]

Alan Alda. - you have an understanding that could be known by all. The communication of timely authentic information unbiased

[@elsagrace3893]

We are able to really notice other people when we are PRESENT! Mindfulness has to come first. Being present and comfortable in your life and body and in the moment is the jewel and seed that empathy and peace will grow from.

[@RichelleBremner]

I have always had the upmost respect for this man. Its been over thirty years. I am 44 now and I still admire and respect him.

[@silviageorge7600]

Yes... We communicate telepathically ! And this man is incredible !

[@donalain69]

Not only is Alan Alda the best speaker i ever seen and the video done really well (i still cant figure out if he was using a green screen or not), but what he sais still manages to be the most interesting thing about it. The lack of interest in others and the resulting failure to communicate in dialogues where both sides are trying to achieve a common goal sounds like something less important then tentions between two global superopwers, but if you look at a longer period of time you will realize conflicts come and go (unless they are nuclear), but the evolution of or society shapes our future permanently.

[@EmoEmu]

Alan Alda has become the man that I imagined Hawkeye's dad to be.

[@terradisiena]

Oh wow, this comment stopped me in my tracks. I've been rewatching MASH and recently come across a couple of very lovely episodes where Hawkeye describes his dad. And now I know how to picture him, thanks.

[@susiefrades-white3088]

@@terradisiena So this.... so much this,, thank you

[@MomusFilms]

That's a beautiful way of putting it!

[@AG-yj1jv]

Mr. Alda, you gave a talk, where you spoke of receiving a letter at your home sent by a girl facing terrible circumstances in her life. That may have been me, as when I met Shecky Greene via my grandma, I had told him I wanted to be a writer and he gave me your address. (There was more to it -- he'd asked who my favorite comedian was and I said you, and he nearly fell off his chair, "Why HIM?!" I gave a bunch of examples, but also said I want to be a writer, and you were the first one I actually saw as a real, physically moving around person.") Anyhow, I thought I threw it away so I wouldn't be the same intrusion on your life and that of your kids that one of my father's clients had been. But if, in a moment of hormonally amplified angst, I did mail one of the many letters I wrote to you like a diary, I want you to know how much I appreciate your answering the problems as you did, via MASH. This talk you give on empathy rises again to the task, as I, myself, try to help a young teen facing so many circumstances. Thank you for your amazing empathy -- for getting it all so right, for being so helpful, and for continuing to be so. An aside: Recently, I was hospitalized with colitus. But because I have residuals from a brain injury, I didn't want any anesthesia. So they did the colonoscopy without it, and in the middle of it, I started laughing because I remembered your colon issue story that you made so funny. I wasn't thinking my situation was funny beforehand, but you made me see that it is like writng, where so many things are funny much later. You just bum-ped up the process. A lesson in how even the stories you tell of your own life become funny as your empathy allows you to tell it in ways that are aware of where someone else may be. Thank you again for all you have done and continue to do. Joy, Peace, good health, and just everything you want for your life and that you see needed in the lives of those you love, Angelle

[@yourallbrainwashed]

I love Alan Alda

[@kamilkarnale3585]

Worth watching !!👍👍

[@jessiejamesferruolo]

Once I toyed with the idea that we all could be fractured perspectives of a singular conciousness, I started seeing myself in everyone and everything around me.

[@meckem68]

This is an awesome and thoughtful lesson.Thanks for this big think!

[@jjjccc728]

I love this. It is clear, concise and useful. As others have said Alan is the man.

[@zinqtable1092]

I like this man on Big Think. Alan Alda is wise.

[@oscarroque01]

Another excellent video!

[@MyplayLists4Y2Y]

Excellent!

[@bozhidarmihaylov]

Valuable advice for every parent.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Beautiful. Powerful.

[@chancebriggs2171]

Thanks 🙏

[@golamiqubal1298]

excellent video

[@thomaswalker4806]

Such a great communicator, for the human condition at its heart and soul. Very truthful message to apply daily to our live's. So grateful I found this looking forward to your book sir. Thank's !

[@williammeroshnekoffiii5101]

I just had a flash back of an Alan Watts lecture😁

[@ParadigmFluxEmporium]

beautiful 🤗

[@austinekennyakunne8346]

Thanks Alda.

[@onewillprice]

He is a treasure

[@austinekennyakunne8346]

Yes Alda, I am so happy and grateful that now I am that's I am...........

[@ALDUIINN]

This content is awesome, i would like more peaple had watched the video.

[@marisalombardi385]

One of kind ...

[@naanod]

Sheesh all these personality improvement strategies and I never thought to focus on empathy.

[@prophet4332]

“you got to have possession of your own tools”

[@jaybean2436]

I enjoyed this

[@danbee6103]

Empathy and understanding with navigational determination ...and maybe a decent drink

[@whatthefunction9140]

im going to use 'yes and' in my next conversation.

[@littlesometin]

just don't turn out rude, lol

[@ardaorhan]

Dylan T your girlfriend: "Do I look fat?"

[@TGC40401]

+ardaorhan Yes, when compared to someone who is way too skinny, and I hope you have a good day. ;)

[@elsagrace3893]

ardaorhan 😂🤣😂 can't apply "yes and" everywhere with good results😂

[@prophet4332]

absolutely. Ive said yes but way too much

[@Antpeople1]

My Late Mother loved this man from MASH. I need self help videos and just happened to find this in my suggestions

[@StephJ0seph]

I started blinking in sync with him after the mirror exercises lol

[@nicholashord5083]

Playing Dungeons and Dragons when I was a kid I received a Sword of Empathy. That's how I know about empathy ...

[@charliem123321]

Legend!

[@jimginter6802]

Less annoying, what a great way to explain empathizing

[@scottm3775]

Great topic and a great speaker. Just wish he wasn't anti Chiropractic. Made a world of difference for me.

[@Shrikant_Patil]

My empathy has cost me my peace of mind for a very GOOD AMOUNT of time.. (& this ain't from "ex" for anything like that..just the world we live in now)

[@sanjuansteve]

"Where would I be and what would I be doing if I was them?" #WalkADayInAnothersShoes The world needs an #EmpathyRevolution!

[@CharlieNorth]

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[@TheTarutau]

and they come to you and you do not know why. they trust you and you are bewildered. and the smile on your face will answer your question. close the door and few will enter. open it and quite a few will take a peek inside. the mirror indeed. we can only see whats on the surface. there is a lot we cannot see since it is not on the surface. never forget that.

[@angiel2512]

does this empathy experiment work on predators who lack empathy?

[@8cmbp8]

¡¡Yes!!

[@biancamyrtil199]

Lol. Everytime this guy starts talking I want to tell him to shut up, but then I force myself to listen longer and I love him once he gets to the point.

[@PaperRaines]

What savages disliked this?!

[@kanadian9418]

empathy is good for good people, but if you have good empathy and meet wrong person to use it, then your life can be devastating.

[@wilhelmlorenz5852]

👉🙏🏻✨😀✨🤗✨ ALAN ALDA IS A MASTER AT COMMUNICATION & HOW TO SPEAK WITH PEOPLE 🤔,, 👈🏽💧💦👉✨☝️☝️☝️☝️🙏🏻👈🏽👉❤️ AND MAKE THEM FEEL SAFE ✨🙏🏻😉✨ IN HIS PRESENCE!!!❤️👈🏽✨👉GOD BLESS HIM AND EVERYONE LISTENING 🎧 & LEARNING TO HIM 👈🏽

[@John83118]

I'm addicted to this content. I read a book with similar content, and I'm addicted to it. "The Art of Meaningful Relationships in the 21st Century" by Leo Flint

[@jackalope2302]

I can't turn my empathy off unless I'm enraged

[@danwolkowsky7646]

you may also enjoy the youtube video of Alan Alda with Robert Sapolsky

[@gyanprakashraj4062]

SMC FANS R ...GOODS

[@MacMikeG]

Big.

[@anandhrajan99]

earlier you released a video about how empathy was bad

[@Ian-sm3su]

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[@williammeroshnekoffiii5101]

Anandh Rajan this shows us the duality of nature

[@wmarclocher]

I think that's called being unbiased and letting people decide for themselves what to think of it.

[@zinqtable1092]

Understanding someone from one perspective isn't understanding, it is dogma.

[@ddmagee57]

please explain how one perspective is dogma, seth.

[@darthmauldds]

Who are you and what have you done with Bill Hader???

[@rocketn8]

If it's water aaaand the floor then maybe it's a puddle.

[@dilwarhossain9376]

Ok

[@BrianFaure1]

isn't it empathetic not empathic???

[@farmer__]

My new dad

[@mgiaccount711]

We are answering your call. Please hit me back - Mo Hannon

[@frankoarseeknee4793]

But remember guys, empathy is bias.

[@--ART3MIS--]

isn't it funny? the questions starting at 6:30 Sherlock Holmes could have answered them all easily - because he ISN'T interested in the person (as person). the greatest sociopath of them all beats you in your own game. something's off...

[@robpatterson2861]

Empathy is a valuable tool, Nobody uses. America is so uneducated and angry. A deadly combination. I stutter, so I've been "abused" my entire life from people, angry stupid people. They've driven me into a cave and set a fire outside. I'll never get over the decades of pain and anger, I'm so angry!

[@pauldockree9915]

You are going to war with me? Howard Hughes asks Lawmaker Brewster. The Aviator. Alda is Brewster sat opposite Leo Dicaprio's Howard Hughes. I now have Brewster sat opposite Trump and as Brewster's USA's representative had just beaten both Japan and Germany in the 1940s - he feels qualified to ask Trump - who are you?

[@7hi5on35]

Improv is cringy ah.

[@slugfly]

[@farlanghn]

When old people don't clip their nose hairs I kills me.

[@thehotyounggrandpas8207]

What a brilliant comment! Well done!

[@musaodeh1424]

i wanna wiggle his neck flaps

[@elsagrace3893]

Musa Odeh you silly man 🤣

[@robertwillis4662]

?? I have an old sack of potatoes younger than you Alan.