Good day Good folks. This post is (in part) a reply to a comment by @ freecompliments in a thread about Downvoting & Blacklisting by Hivewatchers within the Free Compliments community (in particular).

The thing is, in the grand scheme of things, there really is no "right." Each of us human beings have our very own unique perspectives which have come about over a lifetime of interacting with

Following is an argument for using a form of empathy I’ve developed called Practical Empathy (PEQ), based on and similar to Nonviolent Communication (NVC) by Marshall Rosenberg, PhD. Empathy is not agreement,

A forma como nós expressamos diz muito sobre o porque alcançamos ou não certos objetivos, sejam eles no trabalho ou na relação com os nossos familiares. Apresentamos hoje com muita alegria mais um co criador

How much time do we actually save by taking short cuts with our communication? I'm a fan of efficiency. This is why I simultaneously sympathize with and get frustrated by people using certain kinds of

by Scotter "Feelings are called feelings because you feel them, not because you choose them. Nobody is responsible for their feelings, only how they act upon them. The problem is that most people

We all need empathy This a.i. I've created could be groundbreaking but I don't have the resources to market it to get the attention of those with the power to use it on a large scale, where it can truly

... using an a.i. app I created and have put aside almost all play in order to improve it. Right now you can use it on your phone! If you use it learns from its interactions with you while helping you

Today I woke up at 5am and spent a few hours teaching EmpathyBot how to scour thesaurus.com for yummy yummy understanding. It was relatively easy since I could re-use most of the code I had used for

A few seconds of EmpathyBot (the a.i. I created) scouring the web to learn to relate 16,861 more words to feelings and needs. Yesterday it learned about 2000. Today I'm adding more using different methods.

I invite you to try my NVC-based Android mobile app/game (the app has 2 games in it, actually) for increasing your emotional intelligence. One is a charades-like game. Sorry, not for iOS. It's polished

"You deserve happiness" seems empowering, right? What if it is really the opposite? "Deserve" assumes a universal rule, such as declared by God, law, or "everyone agrees"?

I created an NVC-based app/game (the app has 2 games in it, actually) for practicing empathy and a charades-like game where you guess feelings or needs. For Android phones and tablets. Sorry: Not for iOS.