Suicidal Empathy – with Gad Saad
About this episode
Aviva Klompas discusses the concept of empathy and its implications with Dr. Gad Saad, focusing on his book 'Suicidal Empathy'.
Empathy is usually considered one of humanity's greatest virtues. But what happens when empathy becomes untethered from reality? In this episode, host Aviva Klompas sits down with Dr. Gad Saad to discuss his new book, Suicidal Empathy. Drawing on evolutionary psychology, cultural analysis, and his own experiences growing up Jewish in Lebanon before fleeing civil war, Saad argues that many Western societies have become reluctant to judge ideas, behaviors, and ideologies on their merits—even w...
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