TED Prize winner Karen Armstrong’s wish for a Charter for Compassion is being realized this week with the launch of an international project to call for increased, well, compassion on the part of decision makers and individuals. The “summons to creative, practical and sustained action to meet the political, moral, religious, social and cultural problems of our time” has expanded beyond the Catholic nun-turned-academic Armstrong into a collaborative set of mores and global events. “Affirmers” include Jordan’s Queen Noor and Desmond Tutu (who appears to have been upgraded to Archibishop Emeritus) with partners like the Interfaith Youth Corps, an organization that I think models the impact that intergenerational and bipartisan efforts can have. The core idea of the seems to come down to the Golden Rule–how perfectly timely.