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The effects of Twitter and Facebook and all those things on people's psychologies is a really interesting question to which nobody knows the answer.

Traditionally, psychology has been the study of two populations: university freshmen and white rats.

What I mean by "empathy" is putting yourself in other people's shoes, feeling what they feel.

Every president, Democratic or Republican, simply works on the supposition that it's better to keep jobs in America than let them go to Mexico.

I think empathy is really important for pleasure.

The genetic you and the neural you aren't alternatives to the conscious you. They are its foundations.

Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have immaterial souls.

I think empathy can serve as a moral spark, motivating us to do good things. But anything can be a moral spark.

Because of empathy, stories of the suffering of one person could lead us into a war that could kill millions of people.

I argue that we should be kind, we should be compassionate, and we should definitely be reasonable and rational, but that empathy leads us astray.

And empathy is narrow; it connects us to particular individuals, real or imagined, but is insensitive to numerical differences and statistical data.

Imagination is Reality Lite - a useful substitute when the real pleasure is inaccessible, too risky, or too much work.

It's hard to pull apart empathy from compassion. What is really clear is that we innately care for other people at least to some extent.

If our wondrous kindness is evidence for God, is our capacity for great evil proof of the Devil?

Empathy zooms you in on an individual and, as a result, it's narrow, it's innumerate, it's racist, it's very biased.

And it isn't a mistake in taste, like believing that the Matrix sequels were as good as the original.

We are naturally moral beings, but our environments can enhance - or, sadly, degrade - this innate moral sense.

Periods of cooperation between political parties shouldn't be taken for granted; they are a stunning human achievement.

I think what a lot of fiction is, is the imagining of the worst so as to prepare ourselves.

Any simple claim that you need religion to be good is flat wrong.

A growing body of evidence suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life.

Humans are social beings, and we are happier, and better, when connected to others.

Because of empathy, we care more for, and devote far more resources to, someone who is familiar, from our country or our group, than a stranger.

Stories turn anonymous strangers into people who matter.

That something can be used for good isn't necessarily a knockdown argument for it.

I love teaching. I wouldn't take a job that didn't include it.

I think Americans are always going to care more about Americans than about Mexicans.

I am never going to write about dogs again. You can write about Islam, you can write about sexuality, but no, not dogs.

Nobody uses email anymore. I'm this old fogie with my email. I don't know what I'm supposed to communicate with now - SnapChat?

I'm very interested in why we do good things, or bad things, and where moral judgments come from.

When people want to inspire you to turn against some group of people, they'll often use empathy.

Too often, our concern for specific individuals today means neglecting crises that will harm countless people in the future.

I have two teenage sons, and they're both surviving, thriving, and having a great time, and they're always on social media.