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we were warned: how scientists and engineers predicted today’s chaos
# politics

we were warned: how scientists and engineers predicted today’s chaos

Today the world seems like it’s suddenly unraveling. But experts have been warning us this day would come for many decades.

world of weird things podcast: why and how empathy binds the human species
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world of weird things podcast: why and how empathy binds the human species

Empathy is the most important trait for human cohesion and civil politics. So, where does empathy comes from, how does it break down, and how can it be stimulated?

babies keep showing us that we’re born with empathy
# science

babies keep showing us that we’re born with empathy

Scientists are studying if babies are born with empathy and altruism and their research may help us create a blueprint for solving today's partisan tribalism and civil cold wars.

the toxic cycle in which empathy dies
# politics

the toxic cycle in which empathy dies

In the last 25 years, there's been a steep decline in our average empathy. Why? We're stuck in a self-created loop of misery, woe, anger, and conspiracies. And we must break the wheel.

world of weird things podcast: how absolute power corrupts absolutely
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world of weird things podcast: how absolute power corrupts absolutely

As we’ve been told for decades, the wealthy and powerful are not like the rest of us. Not only do they enjoy things we can only dream of, their very mental wiring is altered.

no, new yorker, tech has empathy, it’s our awful politicians who don’t
# tech

no, new yorker, tech has empathy, it’s our awful politicians who don’t

Om Malik blames the dire state of the West on the people who spent years ringing the alarm bells instead of those who roundly ignored them.