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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021

Compassion-Focused Technologies: Reflections and Future Directions.

Jamin Day, Joel C Finkelstein, Brent A Field, Benjamin Matthews, James N Kirby, James R Doty

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jamin DayCollege of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, Family Action Center, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Joel C FinkelsteinSchool of Medicine, The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Brent A FieldPrinceton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States.
Benjamin MatthewsSchool of Creative Industries, College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
James N KirbySchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
James R DotySchool of Medicine, The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Compassion is a prosocial motivation that is critical to the development and survival of the human species. Cultivating compassion involves developing deep wisdom, insight, and understanding into the nature and causes of human suffering; and wisdom and commitment to take positive action to alleviate suffering. This perspective piece discusses how compassion relates to the context of modern technology, which has developed at a rapid pace in recent decades. While advances in digital technology build on humankind's vast capacity to develop practical tools that promise to enrich our lives and improve our social connections, in reality the effects are often far from benign. The motives underlying the development of many contemporary digital platforms seem rooted in competitiveness and capitalism; while modern social media and online platforms are having a profound and pervasive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of humans around the globe. Nonetheless, digital technology holds considerable potential to promote compassionate insight, wisdom, and prosocial behavior. We reflect on the current state of technology within human society and examine the notion of

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compassiondigital technologyextended realityhuman societyperspectivesocial media

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PMID34054636
PMCPMC8155300

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