Cognitive Empathy in Everyday Life (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)

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Nonzero

News & Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

0:00 Challenges in applying cognitive empathy in daily life11:32 Two types of self-awareness—and their links to cognitive empathy17:38 Josh’s recent (mis)adventures in cognitive empathy31:29 Can self-awareness make conflicts manageable?49:01 The relationship between concentration and insight meditation55:56 Literature and the cultivation of cognitive empathy58:49 Understanding one’s self vs. understanding others1:11:12 The ice cube theory of human nature1:16:00 Cognitive empathy’s role in building “mindfulness 3.0”

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Josh Summers (The Power of Mindfulness, joshsummers.net). Recorded January 12, 2023.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast.
0:08.3	Hi, Josh.
0:09.6	Hey, Bob.
0:10.5	How you doing?
0:11.8	Not too bad.
0:12.4	How are you?
0:13.6	I'm not complaining, as usual.
0:17.3	And I don't mean to suggest I have anything to complain about.
0:20.5	I'm not saying that.
0:21.6	But anyway, let me introduce this.
0:23.1	I am Robert Wright, publisher of the Non-Zero Newsletter.
0:26.2	This is a non-zero podcast.
0:27.5	You're Josh Summers, noted meditation teacher and yoga teacher.
0:32.2	As one might infer from the foliage behind you, that's people may not be able to see this because, because the, the extremes of your frame
0:41.1	will get cut off in the, in the production part, but those are lovely plants to your left
0:46.4	and right.
0:47.9	All the, uh, the decorative design of my partner for our yoga studio.
0:52.6	I see.
0:53.2	So are you in your yoga studio at that moment?
0:55.3	Yeah, this is the studio we shoot from online classes and stuff.
1:00.6	Okay.
1:01.6	So regular listeners and viewers may recognize you.
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