Humans 101
Empathy Is Overrated
Our actions matter more than how we feel
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9 min readApr 3, 2020
I used to know this guy, Steven, who was very invested in thinking of himself as “an empath.” Actually, I’ve known a lot of people like that. I hang around artists, actors, and queer people who read a lot of self-help books; in those circles, identifying as an empath is common. But when I think about the…
