Privacy and Vulnerability

1. Empathy "feels connection" and sympathy "drives disconnection." Empathy is perspective taking, staying out of judgement, recognizing emotion, and communication. Sympathy usually begins with the words "at least."

2. Silver lining means a comforting prospect in times of difficulty.

3. Contrast your character with a dumber character.

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5. The three philosophers Greenwald discussed during the talk was Jeremy Bentham, Michael Foucalt, and George Orwell.

6. People need privacy even when they have nothing to hide. They close and lock bathroom doors, put locks on doors, and put passwords on emails and social media sites.

7. Brown's academic insecure part of her did not like being called a "storyteller."

8.  "If you can't measure it, it doesn't exist."

9. Courage is

10. You cannot selectively numb feelings. If you numb all the bad feelings, you end up numbing everything, even the good feelings.