It is human empathy that is the great stabilizing societal force: recognizing when others are in need, and acting accordingly. Societies based on greater sharing are far more peaceable. Abandon ...

AI may be rewiring empathy’s circuitry—amplifying some emotions, muting others, and reshaping the balance of human connection.

That was empathy at work. When you can genuinely understand the other person's position—not just their words but their actual ...

This post responds to Elon Musk's comment, “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy,” by considering the ...

Discover how Apple TV+’s Severance, culminating in the Cold Harbor season two finale, exposes the hidden costs of extreme ...

Elon Musk has expressed contempt for empathy, calling it a fundamental weakness of Western civilization, and has criticized ...

I think the ideal service isn’t all human or all tech—it is a careful balance that keeps efficiency high but prioritizes human connection for moments that matter.

Empathy—the ability to share and understand the emotions of others—is a cornerstone of human social interactions. When we ...

After a life of virtue, empathy has been cast into the street by an array of billionaires, psychologists, evangelicals.

We are already witnessing the dangers of this decline in empathy in various aspects of society—whether in politics, economic ...

A quote widely (but wrongly) attributed to Hannah Arendt, the German and Jewish philosopher who fled Nazi rule, sums it up: “The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling ...