Webcast: Jamil Zaki
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Building Empathy in a Fractured World

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Why can it be challenging to understand people who are different from us? Our society struggles with isolation and a severe lack of empathy, and it doesn’t have to be this way. Join Jamil Zaki as he explains why empathy isn’t a fixed trait and how we can harness it to overcome toxic cultural divisions.

About Jamil Zaki

Jamil Zaki is an associate professor of psychology, director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory and the author of The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World.

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This event is presented by the Stanford Alumni Association.