empathy
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This is a guy who is prone to rash decisionmaking and poor judgment, whose empathy for others, including those closest to him, may have a limit.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
"My hope is that this film encourages Nigerians to confront the darker parts of our shared history with honesty, reflection, and empathy," said Leke.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
"ChatGPT, we know, can be addictive. It mimics empathy and human characteristics to trick users into feeding it more information," he added.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Is it easier to find the empathy and humanity in playing a character desperate to attain the power than someone already holding it, like an Elon Musk or a Jeff Bezos?
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
It hit her with a wave of nausea that she had been wrong, all these years, to hide her empathy for humans and all that they’d endured.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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