The Empathy Machine

Flash Forward

Flash Forward Presents

Science

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2015

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

When you were a kid and stole your friends’ toys, your parent probably asked you this angry hypothetical: “How do you think that made them feel?” But what if you actually could feel what another person is feeling? This week, we travel to a future where humans have invented an empathy machine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Meanwhile in the future a podcast about yes the future every week we explore a specific
0:15.0	future scenario every episode we start with a trip to the future so let's go there
0:19.5	now this week we're going to the year 2063. Hi, can I help you?
0:33.0	Yeah, we're here for an empathy, Hi, can I help you?
0:43.0	Yeah, we're here for an empathy exchange?
0:46.0	Great, just sign in here and have a seat and we'll call you in.
0:49.0	Maria and Carlos?
0:53.0	Hi, come back with me.
0:56.0	So have you both done an empathy exchange before?
0:59.0	I have.
1:00.0	No, I haven't.
1:01.0	Okay, so let's get you comfortable in the headsets first, and then I'll explain how this will work.
1:06.0	Maria, can you sit over here?
1:08.0	Carlos, can you come here?
1:09.0	Yeah, right there.
1:10.0	Great.
1:11.0	Here is a headset for you and one for you.
1:14.0	Go ahead and put those on.
1:15.0	Right, Maria, yeah, like that, perfect.
1:18.0	Carlos put the strap behind your ear?
1:20.0	Yeah, yeah, like that exactly.
1:22.0	And then just kind of scooge it, scooch it down a little on your forehead.
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