But… ew, what is “loving-kindness?” Sounds supremely syrupy and annoying, according to bestselling author, anchorman, and skeptic Dan Harris . When he first heard the term “loving-kindness” he thought it was so touchy-feely, ooey-gooey, and squishy, that it made him feel uncomfortable. “It felt like something we’d get lectured about in kindergarten and that I’d ignore anyway,” says Harris. What turned it around for him was the science. The research on loving-kindness meditation shows that qualities like loving-kindness and compassion actually make us happier, which means we’re more resilient and capable....

Profiles allow you to login to different accounts for different streaming apps, without having to login and logout consistently. Profiles use your Google account to create a new profile, unlike something like Netflix where you can create five or six profiles under the same account. This is great if you have a number of people using the same TV and want to keep things like recommendations separate. This is the same way that profiles work on YouTube TV actually....

Empathy is exalted by thinkers from Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nha’t Hanh to British writer Roman Krznaric, who just launched an online Empathy Museum where you can virtually step into someone else’s shoes. Established scientists like primatologist Frans de Waal and developmental psychiatrist Daniel Siegel explore the deep roots of empathy in animals and its essential nature in humans. Even the business world exalts empathy as a way to ensure the success of companies and their products, with design firm IDEO leading the charge....

So enjoy the new feature of TikTok, one of the biggest social networks of the moment, announced in February 2022. The platform will now allow the sharing of videos of up to 10 minutes, but this feature has not yet arrived everywhere. In any case, predicting trends and even being able to dictate them are skills that will make your job considerably easier. But to get there, you need to gain knowledge and experience, especially in content creation....

When we sense the suffering of others, that’s empathy. But our response might be to forget about it, or feel like we can’t bear it, or we might start blaming. Having compassion is a choice we make consciously and it can only happen with the balance of equanimity. In this conversation between Sharon and Dan Harris, of 10 Percent Happier, they talk about the difference between empathy and compassion, and explore a few ways to avoid burning out....