Reasonably Optimistic
Reasonably Optimistic
The Washington Post
Is there such a thing as too much empathy?
35 minutes Posted Jun 17, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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Is empathy destroying the West? That's the provocative claim at the center of Gad Saad's new book, "Suicidal Empathy." Host Megan McArdle is joined by Saad, a professor at the University of Mississippi, to discuss the trade-offs societies make in the name of compassion and whether America has the capacity to absorb differences.