Evolve to Understand and Feel One Another's Suffering and Joy

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Many creatures, like dolphins and elephants, are believed to understand and feel another being's suffering as their own, showcasing a heightened sense of empathy. The hope is for humanity to evolve similarly, to truly comprehend and share in each other's suffering and joy, as a key aspect to coexisting harmoniously in the future.

Ami Vitale is a renowned National Geographic photographer and documentarian with a deep commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental education. Her work, spanning over a hundred countries, includes spending a decade as a conflict photographer in places like Kosovo, Gaza, and Kashmir.

She joined Tyler to discuss why we should stay scary to pandas, whether we should bring back extinct species, the success of Kenyan wildlife management, the mental cost of a decade photographing war, what she thinks of the transition from film to digital, the ethical issues raised by Afghan Girl, the future of National Geographic, the heuristic guiding of where she'll travel next, what she looks for in a young photographer, her next project, and more.

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Recorded November 1st, 2023.

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