Xavier Le Pichon — The Fragility at the Heart of Humanity
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Second Passion of Your Life, Caro
Caro: A second passion of your life has been a presence and awareness to suffering in the world. And i'd like to ask also how and when that began to evolve in you this, this has had a major cisis in my life. That was 19 73. Caro: By this time i was 36 and e i progressively discovered that i was so immersed in my research, i was not seeing the others any more. I was, in particular, i wasnot seeing the people in difficulty and suffering. It led me to decide to quit science. So i resigned from all his positions, and i went to calcutta to mother theresa's place. She spent six weeks
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