Question

Watch the Ted talk “Why Aren’t We More Compassionate?” by Daniel Goleman, and respond to the questions that follow.  

1. Who or what is TED?
2. Do you think it’s a credible source? Why or why not?
3. What is the Title of the assigned talk?
4. When and where did the talk originally take place?
5. Who is the Presenter of the talk?
6. What do you know or what can you find out about the Presenter?
7. In your own words, summarize the main point of the talk in about 3-5 sentences.
8. What is altruism? (You can look it up online, but use your own words when you respond to this question.)
9. What is the “test” he mentions in the talk?
10. What does “pizzled” mean, according to Dan Goleman?
11. What does Goleman say about what happens when we go shopping?
12. Why does it matter if we know the manufacturing process of the objects we purchase when it comes to making a compassionate choice?
13. What does Goleman say about the homeless population he encountered in New York City?
14. What happened when Goleman stopped to notice a homeless man in New York City?
15. Make some connections! Connect ideas from the talk to diversity.

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Answer 1

1. The term TED is used for nonprofit organization which is fully devoted to spreading ideas in a form of short and powerful talks for less than 20 minutes. Expansion of TED is Technology, Entertainment and Design. This covers almost all topics starting from Science, global issues to business and has been done in more than 100 languages.   
2. I think this is a creditable source. Because people who are involved in making the TED a successful one, would do so many researches before delivering their speech about a topic.
3. Title: Neuroscience of our brain.
4. March 2007, Monterey California.
5. Daniel Goleman, Psychologist.
6. Daniel Goleman is a psychologist, science journalist, and an author of Emotional Intelligence. He wrote for The New York Times especially about brain and behavioral sciences for twelve years.
7. In this speech, Daniel Goleman says about "Why are not we more compassionate?" Under this topic, he discussed many things. Some of them are:

• Behaviour of our brain.
• We react differently in different situation because of the brain's instructions.
• There is no correlation in IQ and emotional empathy.
• Consequences we see everyday around us that we are not at all looking upon.
• He gave many examples from daily life to support his speech.
• One of the books he referred here is "the hidden life of everyday objects."

8. Altruism means selfless concern and disinterested for the well being of others.
9. The test he mentions in the talk is that "how long a guy takes to say the word "you" when he is talking to a woman?"
10. Meaning of "Pizzled" according to Dan Goleman is that a combination of puzzled and pissed off, which means how we feel when we look at others when we are busy with our cell phone.
11. When we go for shopping we don’t care about the hidden things around us by ignoring them fully and completely concentrating on our own work of shopping.
12. If we know the manufacturing process of the objects, we don’t purchase non virtuous products rather we buy virtuous manufactured products.
13. Homeless population in New York City were mostly psychiatric patients stayed at pavement with no proper dress with no proper food.
14. When he stopped to notice a homeless man in New York City, all the other people who were crossing the road came to the rescue of that man by giving him orange juice, hot dog, etc.
15. Be an optimist always. If you are seeing anyone is in need, don’t wait for others to come. Act immediately.