Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Students Show a Dramatic Drop In Empathy

Posted by kdawson on Sunday May 30, @05:33PM
from the well-boo-hoo dept.
MotorMachineMercenar writes"Several news sources report that today's college students show a precipitous drop in empathy (here's MSNBC's take). The study of 14,000 students shows that students since the year 2000 had 40% less empathy than those 20 and 30 years before them. The article lays out a laundry list of culprits, from child-rearing practices and the self-help movement, to video games and social media, to a free-market economy and income inequality. There's also a link so you can test your very own level of narcissism. Let's hope the Slashdot crowd doesn't break the empathy counter on the downside."

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