![Krista Tippett: Reconnecting with compassion](https://pi.tedcdn.com/r/pe.tedcdn.com/images/ted/9a2ed2c2466e14e45a48f6af1007e8f58b113383_2880x1620.jpg?h=200)
The term "compassion" -- typically reserved for the saintly or the sappy -- has fallen out of touch with reality. At a special TEDPrize@UN, journalist Krista Tippett deconstructs the meaning of compassion through several moving stories, and proposes a new, more attainable definition for the word.