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Mercerism - Coggle Diagram
Mercerism
Empathy Box
enter a virtual reality---people establish a connection via this reality
parallel reality/alternate reality
feel what other people are feeling---joy, pain---
catharsis
tenets---ideologies ?
based on empathy
a belief system---something like a religion---
Empathy---distinguishing factor b/w robots and humans
owning animals in order to boost empathy
practice empathy
work towards the good of the community
based on the teachings of Wilbur Mercer
Followed on Earth and elsewhere---colonies
post-apocalyptic world---so why is there a need for this belief system?
To develop a sense a community
isolation--- yearned for human connection
to be there for another
reality vs. artificiality
Wilbur Mercer (character) and Al Jerry (actor/person)