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Is the Internet killing empathy?

By dcbii on Fri, 02/18/11
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“The more we observe terrifying events happening to other people, the more they reinforce our sense of denial and detachment: It can’t happen to us.”

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Aaron Blumer

NewReally?

Fri, 02/18/11
Interesting theory. I think “reality tv” was well down this road before the Internet took off, though.
And why should seeing these events think they can’t happen to us? I don’t watch this stuff much, but when I do, I feel quite the opposite.

Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.

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