Just wanted to share a NYT article on empathy and how different circumstances can reverse the usual bias to feel more empathy for 1 suffering child than 8, and a bunch of other interesting observations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/opinion/sunday/empathy-is-actually-a-choice.html?ref=international
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Just wanted to share a NYT article on empathy and how different circumstances can reverse the usual bias to feel more empathy for 1 suffering child than 8, and a bunch of other interesting observations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/opinion/sunday/empathy-is-actually-a-choice.html?ref=international