TEDxOKC - Dr. Robin Meyers - "The Empathic Imagination: Escaping the Prison of Self" June 10, 2011

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Dr. Meyers is a tenured Professor in the philosophy department at Oklahoma City

University and the Senior Minister at Mayflower UCC Church. Dr. Meyer is also a syndicated columnist,
an award winning commentator for NPR and the author of six books. At TEDxOKC he discussed the idea
that the failure to develop the empathic imagination is a universal precursor to violence.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of
local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event
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