Jeremy Rifkin's "The Empathic Civilization" explores how empathetic consciousness reshapes personal lives, knowledge, commerce, and civil society. This development is crucial for fostering a

Jeremy Rifkin's "The Empathic Civilization" explores how empathetic consciousness reshapes personal lives, knowledge, commerce, and civil society. This development is crucial for fostering a future where global well-being is prioritized.

Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, is a bestselling author and influential social thinker. His seventeen books analyze the profound impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, society, and environment, including works like "The European Dream" and "The Hydrogen Economy."

Bestselling author and political adviser Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and its profound impact on our development and society. This content is from a lecture given as part of

Bestselling author and political adviser Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and its profound impact on our development and society. This content is from a lecture given as part of the RSA's free public events program, uploaded on May 6, 2010.

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Celebrated economic and social theorist Jeremy Rifkin (https://foet.org/about/jeremy-rifkin) will explain how the destructive "Age of Progress"

Celebrated economic and social theorist Jeremy Rifkin (https://foet.org/about/jeremy-rifkin) will explain how the destructive "Age of Progress" is giving way to a nascent "Age of Resilience." This new meta-narrative transforms how humanity will live and flourish on a rewilding Earth.

Crucially, we must understand that Earth is a water planet, not a land planet, with 91% of its surface covered by water.