Posted on 2013/04/252013/04/25 by EditorJean Lievins: Empathy and the FutureCulture Share 0 Tweet 0 Share Email Print 0Shares Jean Lievens Empathy: Part Of The New Operating System For Our Modern World Empathy has been in the news a lot recently. It has been highlighted as an antidote to school bullying and gun and gender violence, and it has become popular in the business community as a part of user-centered design. More and more, empathy is being recognized as a skill that people need to develop to better shape how society will function in the future.