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4 timestamped hits 2 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2025-08-29, day precision Aliases: german-origins

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German origin

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the german word geist right most words in english are actually german origin sorry it's not most words but many words okay all right..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the german word geist right most words in english are actually german origin sorry it's not most words but many words okay all right..."

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Most connected source readings: Taboo Is The River; China Cannot Innovate Without Empathy.

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Feeling Into Empathy Translation Experiment

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Conceptual gloss attempted on 2012-03-16.

definition

The live attempt to build a Chinese empathy word proceeds by treating empathy as 'feeling into' another person's experience.

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China Cannot Innovate Without Empathy

2012-03-16, day precision · Jiang Xueqin & Edwin Rutsch: How to Build a Culture of Empathy in China Education System

Transcript

"Well, how, how about we coin a word? We create a word right now. Um, so the, the original word for empathy was German...."