My 9-year-old daughter recently asked me if reading really makes you smarter. Put on the spot, I garbled my answer. I was driving, and we had to get to a softball practice on time. But here’s what I ...

There has been much criticism of Elon Musk's suggestion in early 2025, in conversation with Joe Rogan, that empathy is a weakness of Western civilization. In fact, as believing Christians, Jews, or ...

Build more empathy muscle: Become an empathy engineer. Our brains are complex, but when it comes to how we perceive our surroundings and interact with others, a couple of key areas come into play: the ...

Empathy, the act of understanding and sharing the feelings of others, has long been the underpinning of religious, humanitarian and philosophical teachings. Now, there's a new perspective increasingly ...

People tend to think of empathy or caring about other people's feelings as a good thing, but in some conservative circles, there's a growing chorus of voices arguing that empathy could be bad.

“We’ve got civilizational suicidal empathy going on,” Musk said, borrowing the term from Gad Saad, a Canadian scholar who is also a frequent Rogan host. While Musk said he believes in empathy and that ...

Featuring Dr. Katie Bonawitz, Associate Dean of Education and 2023 Fulbright Scholarship Grant Recipient to Klaipeda, Lithuania at LCC University, and Dr. Marlene Wall, President of LCC International ...