I am struck by a certain level of irony that this article exists on the front page of hn at the same time as a blog post from a university president telling stu

I am struck by a certain level of irony that this article exists on the front page of hn at the same time as a blog post from a university president telling students to effectively 'suck it up'. It's exactly as can be expected when you separate the idea of empathy as a virtue, from the recent use of this virtue as a social signal.