Empathy is the ability to recognize and understand what another person, animal, or even a fictional character is thinking or feeling. It is an attempt to identify with someone else's situation, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a serial entrepreneur building an inclusive future of work. In the face of rapid socio-political changes, the need for empathy ...

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Empathy is more than a buzzword—it’s a foundational skill. The ability to recognize and understand others’ emotions—and to respond in ways that are constructive and caring—can help adolescents build ...

My friend was at the grocery store the other day and casually shared with another shopper that she was reading Spark the Heart: Engineering Empathy in Your Organization. Prior to learning the title of ...

In an interview this year with Joe Rogan, Elon Musk quipped that “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.” He seemed to blame it, in part, for the decline of America’s cultural ...

Yesterday I watched the video clips of 50 immigrants—men, women, and children from Venezuela—being dumped at a local airfield in Martha’s Vineyard, a very small Massachusetts island off the coast of ...

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Five years ago, Elon Musk told Joe Rogan during a podcast taping that “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit.” By that time, the idea that people in the West ...

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