Empathy
How AI Can Help Us Understand Pain and Suffering
Pixar technical director Alonso Martinez sees AI as a tool for empathy.
How AI Can Help Us Understand Pain and Suffering
Pixar technical director Alonso Martinez sees AI as a tool for empathy.
Why 'Empaths' Who Feel Other People's Pain Can Be So Alone
Making sense of empaths in a cruel, narcissistic world.
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Game of Thrones’ Huge Battle Scene Did What Most War Movies Can’t
And it has very little to do with dragons.
Feeling Anxious Makes It Harder to Read Others' Emotions
The way you see the world changes when you're all wound up.
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Sociopaths Are Everywhere, But Not Because of Video Games
Fear of gamers becoming desensitized and aggressive is overblown.
Why Do So Many People Sympathise with Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer?
The man murdered 17 men and ate some of them. But people still want to look for the good in him.
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Why Empathy Is Dangerous
Yale psychologist Professor Paul Bloom tells us why empathy can lead to war, manipulation and "stupid decisions".
What Happened to Empathy in Politics in 2016?
Since 2015's UK general election, internal divisions have cut lines through the electorate – and we have to consider what that means for our future.