578: Paul Bloom | Against Empathy

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🗓️ 29 December 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Paul Bloom (@paulbloomatyale) is a developmental psychologist and author who returns to discuss his newly published book Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion. The Cheat Sheet: How do you define empathy -- and do you believe it's a crucial component to "good" behavior? Learn why empathy actually does more harm than good by making us focus on smaller problems that affect one person over solving the bigger, intangible ones that can affect an entire population. How does empathy direct us to help in fundamentally biased ways? Why did we evolve empathy in the first place? Understand the differences between empathy, sympathy, and compassion (and why it matters in our decisions). And so much more... Gentleman's Box is a men's subscription service that provides men around the world with four to six men's style and grooming essentials in a monthly box. Use promo code "CHARM" at checkout to save $5 off any subscription option at Gentleman's Box here! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Show notes at http://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/paul-bloom-against-empathy-episode-578/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0	I think we're much better people when we don't succumb to the temptation to feel deeply
0:05.0	towards some people, but rather we make our political decisions based on cost-benefit
0:11.1	reasoning.
0:12.1	What will help to most people?
0:15.8	Welcome to The Art of Charm.
0:16.8	I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger.
0:18.9	Today we're talking with Professor Paul Bloom, he's a professor at Yale, an author of
0:22.3	many fascinating books, including the one we'll be talking about today against empathy.
0:26.7	You heard me, right?
0:27.7	We're going to talk about why one of our core emotional processes, namely empathy,
0:31.8	actually does more harm than good, and why we evolved it in the first place.
0:35.8	We'll also discuss the differences between empathy and sympathy and why this all even matters
0:40.2	in our decision-making processes.
0:42.3	And if you or someone you know ends up getting walked down in their relationships, ends
0:46.0	up forsaking their own values for others, it may actually be because of an empathy disorder.
0:51.1	Something tells me a few of you are going to see some familiar symptoms here.
0:54.4	So enjoy this one with Paul Bloom, and by the way, if you're new to the show, we'd love
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