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Unanswered 21: Empathy v. Sympathy
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Empathy in a world of sympathy must feel like an apologist in a room full of outrage, whilst sympathy in a world of empathy must feel like a narcissist in a room without a reflective surface. It’s just as well the world is much larger than a four metre squared patch of carpet otherwise the complexity of humans could get a bit noticed.
It’s a heady mix of the silly and serious as tragedy, charity, plasters, Harvard, and privilege checking are all quickly examined, before Steev and Nick push the concept of empathy into tougher territory—asking is it possible to have empathy with the most loathed people in our society, and if so what does that say about us?
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Show Notes
- According to Wikipedia: Sympathy
- According to Wikipedia: Empathy
- Ryan K. Lindsay
- Jon Ronson
- Amazon: “The Psycopath Test” by Jon Ronson
- “UK floods: River levels rise as rain and wind sweep in” by BBC News; 14th February 2014
- According to Wikipedia: Band Aid (band)
- According to Wikipedia: Live Aid
- YouTube: “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid (1984)
- Band-Aid.com
- Elastoplast.co.uk
- YouTube: “Band Aid : Bono”—the bit about Bono’s infamous lyric
- “‘I, Too, Am Harvard’: Black students show they belong” by Bethonie Butler, The Washington Post; 5th March 2014
- Know Your Meme: Check Your Privilege
- Archive.org: Louis Theroux: “A Place for Paedophiles” (2009)
- According to Wikipedia: A Place for Paedophiles
- According to Wikipedia: Coalinga State Hospital
- According to Wikipedia: Kleptomania
- YouTube: “Computer Love” by Kraftwerk (Latitude 2013)
Further material
- “Check your privilege! Whatever that means” by Hadley Freeman, The Guardian; Wednesday 5th June 2013
- YouTube: Brass Eye 2001 Special—Paedogeddon
Details
- Recorded: 05 March 2014
- Running time: 0:52’34
- Bad language: Yes [3x bleep; 11x f*ck; 3x sh*t; 1x ar*ehole]
- Feature image source: https://destinysfreedom.wordpress.com/tag/deanna-troi/
- Archive.org page
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