empathy
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“I have so much empathy for restaurants now — that feeling they get if you come in towards closing: ‘How many?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Since the 1980s, psychologist and MIT professor Sherry Turkle has been warning that modern technology is scrambling our ability to live in the real world and feel empathy for fellow human beings.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
It said it was committed to "treating everyone with dignity, respect and empathy throughout their claim journey".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“In a world of nationalism and tribalism, of this and that, us and them,” Mr. Basciano tells us, treatment of leprosy “was a crime—but leprosy also gave space in which empathy and solidarity grew.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
I also don’t want to tell her that I’m not sure I can learn how to do empathy.
From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
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