To empathize is to civilize. To civilize is to empathize.

Is there still hope for the planet ... and us ...
via Mary at The Left Coaster

A reviewer of Rifkin's book

The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis

at amazon.com writes:

The question Jared Diamond asked, " What did the people on Easter Island think as they cut down the last tree?" resonates throughout this book ...