But in the last month, I've talked to the head of a pretty respected AI company, Vicarious . And three or four other people, like, of the same-- MIRI.I had a chance to talk to Luke Muehlhauser.
mother and we thought this is a good thing you know and the other kids were kind of excited about they were sort of living vicariously and we started to take the kids over there and one day we went over to this mother who living in this little Shack and we found that she had seven kids kind of stuck in this little Shack where she was
You have to go out sometime, right? I think it's like vicarious satisfaction.
especially at Crisis Text Line, is that a lot of times you do have these mental health professionals who are talking with these individuals who are assisting the volunteers in that vicarious trauma. I was fortunate enough to be on in your trainings when you talked about this.
So it's like the impact is greater when it's layered like that especially. And then when you think of vicarious trauma, in the formal sense it's like-- for our crisis supervisors, we're very mindful, because it's the hearing, it's the experiencing of other people's traumas
tend to, if they've publicly spoken about it, limit them to the moment of their trauma. It's kind of this vicarious voyeurism, where you are placing this victim/survivor on a glass pedestal, in a glass box, asking them to relive it, and never giving them the space to grow.
They pick you. And I think a lot of times people are confused about that. So she lived her life vicariously through her daughters.
But for little kids, I would really suggest that they learn some melody instrument before that. So this is kind of like living vicariously through this moment here.
Yeah. Yeah, I mean I think my parents have always kind of struck a good balance of supporting me, but not being the dreaded stage parents that are trying to live vicariously through their child. They love Richard's work, so they were definitely excited, but also it was definitely a long decision
Aren't brothers supposed to be super close? My husband and I had two kids to live vicariously through siblings, because we're both only children. So we wanted to see what it was like.
And as I'm saying these words, I'm laughing to myself because I'm like that's what Drucker did. That's why it's so fun to live vicariously through him because he lived in this time when you could fake an identity and just start over again.
and I'm speaking from that perspective, a lot of times it's as though we're trying to siphon masculinity from these warriors. And we're trying to feel more manly vicariously through them. And I think that was something that movie lampooned. And it's certainly something I do on a certain level and it's certainly something that's a little bit ridiculous. So, that would be my response to your question.
thus we are moved by stories in which characters are transformed in fictional narratives and that then inspires us and allows us to vicariously experience the transformation of others and as a result believe in the potential for our own
You did touch on this before a little bit, but why is that grief so exceptional in some way versus the grief that sometimes we there's often a lot of trauma that we're experiencing around that loss vicariously through having lost somebody that way.
If a person flies in space and it's not you, does that really enhance your experience of it? Maybe it does. Maybe you can vicariously enjoy that. Versus a robot, which I think is a little bit less personal.
So my dialogues, engagement with folks, the video clips of those are on the YouTube. And that allows Koreans communities across the world to be able to speak with me vicariously . And that made it easy for me to engage with them.
I was fortunate enough to be on in your trainings when you talked about this. So I was wondering if you could talk a little bit more to our audience about what vicarious trauma is. Yes. I think first what I'd like to do is just make sure everybody's on the same page around what trauma is.
And what we have to be mindful of is that trauma is so prevalent, especially childhood trauma, that trauma in the workplace, just the experience and helping others through their own trauma, can create this vicarious experience where clinicians or people who work with those who are in crisis find themselves, if they're not mindful of it, depressed, or irritated, or angry, or basically taking on some of the symptoms
Role models are inspiring to us, because they create a vicarious experience for us.
And as an Indian who spent all of six years in India, I live vicariously through your pictures.
it a unique beast? Why is this so? I think because sports often are this environment where people are living vicariously through the participants. When fans watch their favorite players on TV, they're really, they've bought stock in their favorite player getting assessed and him winning and
and hit. Little boys, in all cultures, play fight. Grown up little boys and little girls continue to take great pleasure in vicarious violence such as murder mysteries, Greek tragedies,
So we wanted to cook something special for all of you and for the live audience, hopefully on the live stream, you can also watch vicariously .
I think that just hearing you say that makes me so proud, that your mom feels like you're living her dreams vicariously ,
I think for me, growing up, my parents obviously lived vicariously through me.
What I would hope to do tonight is maybe personalize it, humanize it a little bit, and give you an idea vicariously of what
Because it's finite. But if you create an interesting video that goes viral, suddenly people will get this vicariously through other people experiencing it.
But many of us are fascinated by what's been going on, and have been incredibly excited to live through, vicariously , this historical event
a tasting plate. We're going to-- Everybody else in the audience is going to experience these experiments vicariously