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But you can't teach empathy. The counter example is mobsters, they are highly successful, have built empires that are competing against the major corporations
by walterstucco 9y ago
But you can't teach empathy.
The counter example is mobsters, they are highly successful, have built empires that are competing against the major corporations but are not showing any sign of empathy or mercy,l and I would say most of them cannot even be considered humans.
And for sure they do not understand people, they force them to do what they need them to do, as if they were tools.
- morgante 9y agoI don't think we have evidence that mobsters don't have empathy, at least by the operational definition of empathy we're using. In fact I'd argue that successful mobsters likely have very effective models of people and their reactions. > But you can't teach empathy. Yes you can. Social skills can be learned.
- JoshTriplett 9y ago> But you can't teach empathy. I very strongly disagree. You can learn empathy, and teach it. There are whole books about learning to model other people. "How to win friends and influence people" is, in many ways, all about empathy, for instance. (Let me distinguish for a moment that there are people out there who have psychological conditions that make it incredibly hard for them to model other people. I don't know how to address that, offhand.)