If some of the conversations you've heard in this season of Made For Us have felt like a glimpse into the future, then you're not alone. 

Our final guest of season 2, Marcus Engel, feels like he's already living in the future, thanks to AI, apps like Be My Eyes and other assistive devices. Marcus is a speaker, author and compassion consultant. He's also an advisor to Haptic, whose founder, Kevin Yoo, was our guest last week. Haptic is the company behind one of the world's first touch-based navigation apps and it was a meeting with Marcus that inspired Kevin to start the company.

Today, we'll hear Marcus' story, how surviving massive trauma led him to become a compassion consultant and how he thinks haptic technology could impact mobility for people who are blind or visually impaired. 

You’ll learn:

• Haptic technology's potential to guide people living with sight loss
• Marcus’s four-part definition of compassion and how it’s different to empathy 
• Which products Marcus considers to be ‘compassionate'

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About Marcus Engel

Marcus Engel is an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame teaching compassion science to pre-meds. He's also a survivor of massive trauma, a keynote speaker, author and hospital/system consultant. He's written two books that have been adopted by scores of nursing and health profession programs across the country. 

Learn more about Marcus Engel: www.MarcusEngel.com

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