James Doty is a clinical professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founding director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. He is the author of “Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “James Doty — The Magic Shop of the Brain.” Find more at onbeing.org.