Empathy is Weakness? (with Fish Stark)

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of empathy in society, countering Elon Musk's claim that it is a weakness.

Elon Musk says that empathy is going to ruin us. Fish Stark of the American Humanist Association not only disagrees, but the AHA is prepping a historic day of empathy...and you can potentially be a part of it. https://www.americanempathyproject.org/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support .

People in this episode

Host: The Thinking Atheist

Guest: Fish Stark

Topics covered

• empathy
• humanism
• society
• culture
• psychology

Keywords

• empathy
• Elon Musk
• Fish Stark
• American Humanist Association
• society
• culture
• humanism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Humanist Association, American Empathy Project

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