The cure for much of the ills of empathy here is MORE EMPATHY. The very problem in the Trump example is the lack of empathy for the group that just got labeled

The cure for much of the ills of empathy here is MORE EMPATHY. The very problem in the Trump example is the lack of empathy for the group that just got labeled rapists and murderers. The cure for the sentencing example is having empathy for the sullen black man. There is a cognitive side to empathy. You need to be able to get into someone else's shoes and think through how you would feel if you were them. It is another side of the coin from the emotional empathy that the author assumes is the sum total of empathy. I reject his implicit framing of empathy. I believe empathy is the strongest tool we have for connecting with other human beings, and without it we wouldn't do much of anything for each other. Yes, it can be used incorrectly and insufficiently, but the cure is using it correctly and sufficiently. Seems like miseducation in the name of clicks to me. But, having some empathy, I'll presume that the author just lacks a full understanding of empathy and thinks he has stumbled upon a brilliant insight.