The Importance of Empathy

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I was more trying to narrow it down. Most movies are about empathy to some degree. I didn't have an agenda. I'm not going to say examples of these because I can see them being on your list. It has been about passing the entire brain of to making alight in a maze ofanalysis. There's no need to let them work on them. Like you're perplexing me because she is clearly the one lacking empathy and you called her absolutely soulless. Yes. So, so what it is is she has other product basically it turns out that as best we could tell from our perspective she has no human feelings at all. Right.

Paul Bloom takes some time away from his "Waking Up" appearances to join us for a very special movie episode: our top three films about empathy. Can movies help us understand the experiences of people who live completely different lives? Do serial killers need empathy to effectively torture their victims? Does empathy make you want to blow up the world, or lead naked men into black liquid-y voids? Plus Paul and David try to bully Tamler into watching "Westworld." Also, buy Paul's new book (link below) "Against Empathy"! [Note: this episode is heavy on the spoilers. If you're worried, check the links below--they contain the titles for each movie in the order discussed on the podcast].

Special Guest: Paul Bloom.

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