Apologies for the perfunctory posts this past week. My paternal grandmother died (peacefully and at home, fortunately) on November 9, and things have been busy since then. If you, reader, are a believer, I'd appreciate it if you would pray for the repose of the soul of Barbara Rita. Bless!
Empathy Is Tearing Us Apart, Robert Wright, WIRED
“Polarization is not a consequence of a lack of empathy among the public, but a product of the biased ways in which we experience empathy.”
This provides an important qualification to the claim that empathy is good. Since this sort of social science has always fascinated me, I think I'll be exploring the literature further in future posts.
Journalists Against Free Speech, John Tierney, CITY JOURNAL
"Free speech is no longer sacred among young journalists who have absorbed the campus lessons about “hate speech”—defined more and more broadly—and they’re breaking long-standing taboos as they bring “cancel culture” into professional newsrooms. They’re not yet in charge, but many of their editors are reacting like beleaguered college presidents, terrified of seeming insufficiently “woke.” Most professional journalists, young and old, still pay lip service to the First Amendment, and they certainly believe that it protects their work, but they’re increasingly eager for others to be “de-platformed” or “no-platformed,” as today’s censors like to put it—effectively silenced."
We need a complete and total shutdown of our entire education system until we can figure out what the hell is going on.
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