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Reconnecting with compassion

Krista Tippett · TED

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About

The term "compassion" -- typically reserved for the saintly or the sappy -- has fallen out of touch with reality. At a special TEDPrize@UN, journalist Krista Tippett deconstructs the meaning of compassion through several moving stories, and proposes a new, more attainable definition for the word.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDPrize@UN
Speaker
Krista Tippett
Year
2010
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Religion
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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