Is the Internet killing empathy?

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“The more we observe terrifying events happening to other people, the more they reinforce our sense of denial and detachment: It can’t happen to us.”

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Aaron Blumer
Fri, 02/18/11 3:37 pm

Interesting theory. I think “reality tv” was well down this road before the Internet took off, though.
And why should seeing these events think they can’t happen to us? I don’t watch this stuff much, but when I do, I feel quite the opposite.

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