Until very recently, humans lived in very small, disconnected nuclear groups: love, friendship and understanding were exceptions and there were insurmountable distances between communities. Empathy evolved in the human brain one hundred thousand years ago, but only now it is emerging irrepressibly at home, in communities and even within companies. Gradually, society is learning, thanks to social networks and the propagation of empathy, that there is more to life than taking care of oneself and rejecting help from others. One day, no-one will have any doubt that the best way to be happy is to make others happy.
How empathy and intuition will change our future.
At a time of great uncertainty, Punset explores how to set humanity on the path to a better future.