We’re wired for kindness | Katri Saarikivi | TEDxOtaniemi

What story do you believe about humanity?
Katri Saarikivi is a cognitive neuroscientist exploring the neural mechanisms behind empathy and fruitful interaction, and their functioning in digital environments. She heads a research project at the University of Helsinki and alongside these activities enjoys speaking and helping people outside academia make use of scientific findings and the methodology of the field.
Katri Saarikivi is a cognitive neuroscientist exploring the neural mechanisms behind empathy and fruitful interaction, and their functioning in digital environments. She heads a research project at the University of Helsinki and alongside these activities enjoys speaking and helping people outside academia make use of scientific findings and the methodology of the field. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@bee_on_garden_pea]

This is probably one of the most uplifting talk I've heard.

[@Futurepointmusic]

Mubeena Wahaj I know, most other Ted/Tedx talks are mostly more "pessimistic"

[@bee_on_garden_pea]

true that.

[@angelicagutierrez6502]

To be kind is to be strong :)

[@PreciousBoxer]

Ignorance is strength. I blame tax havens.

[@TrividDrummer]

Angelica Gutierrez That's the type of useless cliche I'd expect from someone who has no real way to display strength or authority.

[@najrenchelf2751]

What's up with that other microphone being on? I thought this is edited!

[@neeventures]

The fact that there are talks on importance of kindness & researchers being conducted on it is actually surprising considering kindness is a default emotion in the body.

[@101yayo]

I think more research needs to done to find the limits of kindness because when it is a question of survival, everything goes.

[@PeterBrodie]

Neeharika Saluja, it may be the default, but it has been overridden by civilisation which requires differences in responsibility, and structured differences in how people are rewarded for their contributions. It also leads to some people wanting to control others. Many western schooling systems rely on control, reward and punishment. How can punishment be given without suppressing kindness? We even think it's fair to punish people who break the rules! That's why fairness and kindness are not the same thing.

[@adamlovatto8596]

Katri is amazing. I could listen to her all day.

[@hissendaud653]

You Are Amazing

[@hamitvalibayli4846]

Excellent video❤❤

[@villann_arc6957]

First of all, kindness 🌱✨💌

[@AbdallahBotan]

great talk thanks Katri.

[@michaelepstein2570]

One must first be capable of Kindness in daily life.

[@sadiaswr]

I love the result of the self confrol experiement

[@repeatrepeatrepeat]

audio not upto the mark. fix the 2nd mic

[@marcolaich994]

I've been to finnland once and she immediatly reminds me of the people I've met there by how she talks and expresses herself^^rly funny to me

[@ozkancab]

Miss.Katri on 23 October you will be receiving an offer for realize your knowledge as a job.looking forward to see you on board for change

[@ozkancab]

I make up not a job.Mission for a cause of life

[@cestmagnifique7932]

Yeah, but what if those people didn't know they were being tested?

[@KeskinCookin]

We’re wired for kindness but we are also wired for other things that are not so good.

[@lonewolfjuannieves7059]

Esta bien jeva

[@rabeaelnahrawy4578]

Guys any one here in Aiesec?

[@koomapotilasbeats]

Kiva.

[@onewomanslife]

Thank goodness that the SCIENCE is finally speaking up to tell the truth of humanity!

[@danielc5205]

This speaker is good looking with a friendly disposition, a rare find these days. I wonder if she's single?

[@fineneighborhood]

Happy Gilmore This is why people are kind to her.

[@enigmaoftheechidna6279]

It's not that we like to help each other, we need to help each other in order to survive. It's common sense, so it becomes almost second nature. Almost..

[@DontEatFibre]

What is "liking"? A positive feeling? If it feels good to help, then we also like it.

[@eoinbrennan3949]

The human heart is wicked and deceitful above all else. True kindness and true love come from God alone.

[@DDuckFin]

Suomi!

[@jamiemurray4129]

Did they say how many ( if any) people walked by the letters and left them were they were? Id like to have seen the video on this experiement. People by nature are not kind. Ask any parent. Do you have to teach a child to steal, to be selfish, or to lie? No. you do have to teach a child to be honest, to be nice, and to be polite.

[@Futurepointmusic]

Jamie Murray why would one teach their children To steal though?

[@enigmaoftheechidna6279]

Futurepoint Survival of the fittest, Darwin had a valid point. No one will spoon feed you for your whole life, one must learn to adapt to their situation. No everyone is so fortunate to afford or have something easily available..

[@Futurepointmusic]

EnigmaOfTheEchidna well in our modern Society stealing won't get you that far

[@101yayo]

You can't use children as an example because they do not have fully developed brains. I remember when I had an opportunity to steal money when I was five and I did, I did not feel anything (I stole again after this still no feeling but the first time I stole I got caught but the second I almost got caught). But after a couple years later I had other opportunities to steal but just the thought of it made me feel guilty, so I did not (I was still around 7/8 ish at this point). TLDR- You can't use children as an example because they do not have fully developed brains.

[@analytics-ck6zr]

+Jamie Murray They're making many assumptions of neural correlates while utilizing ambiguous definitions and misinterpreting data with a simple static model in mind (e.g. negating neuroplasticity etc.), as usual.

[@tprnbs]

Are wolves kind to animals they hunt? You just can't be kind for everybody around. To survive we need to be mean for somebody. That's just naure, wolf which doesn't hunt dies

[@tprnbs]

***** they yell at the and are NOT kind for them, what only proves what i wrote, calling me corrupt isn't kind either

[@debsyreeves4253]

Haha, come work at my place, you will realise not everyone is wired up for kindness!!!!!

[@jqyhlmnp]

Hot

[@fineneighborhood]

r2c123 Thank you.

[@gregorslav]

FIX YOUR SOUND OMG

[@villekukkonen7042]

Torille

[@walaxel926]

ville kukkonen Täällä ollaan perkele

[@jamiemurray4129]

so then, people are not naturally good at birth, but have to be developed into good people. which, again, is the point. and to FuturePoint, the BBC website has video of a child stealing a smart phone from behind the counter while dad distracts the staff. my guess is the child is about 5-6. now you tell us why.

[@OliveElite]

Im my experience 90% of people are horrible, mostly jealous

[@orangswiss8946]

Silly talk.... it starts with the confusion that returning a littered letter to the box isvanbact of kindness. Returning a letter to the box is simply an act of civility and culture.....this has nothing to do with kindness......

[@Galaxia53]

I subscribed and then immediately unsubscribed because of the upload rate. I'd get spammed to death.

[@heretic4405]

Lady: ok r u with me - (awkward wheezing laugh) Audience: Lady: ok (awkward wheezing laugh)

[@markcooperartcom]

If people are so kind then why are there so many scammers, people in jail, wars, etc.? No, people are chaos. Kindness is only one aspect of human potential. This world invites chaos so that there can be order. You can't have one without the other. It's magnets, duhhhh.

[@enigmaoftheechidna6279]

mindrapeart Finally, a genius in the comments section. Nessi

[@NHAv-gk4yk]

Please stop playing D&D and walk outside.

[@Dionyzos]

So many you say? I don't know where you're from but probably not planet earth. We tend to pay way more attention to bad news and events, so some people may think the world is a terrible place. I can assure you, it is not. I would rather say the world we live in currently is a paradise for humans.

[@dmankilla8035]

She outa breath

[@FMFvideos]

she breath taking