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  • BR175) “Against Empathy” Book Review

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    Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom. 2/5 rating. 241 pages. Book #11 of 2021. Read January 30, 2021. This book puts forth the case against empathy as king in the moral domain. While someone making the case that empathy does not lead inevitably to good moral outcomes seems insane, Paul makes…

  • BR43) Emotional Intelligence Book Review

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    Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ by Daniel Goleman.  4/5 rating. Book #118 of 2019. Read October 10, 2019.  This book is a modern-day psychology classic. It introduced the idea of emotional intelligence into the mainstream as an even more telling metric for future success in life than IQ. I implore ANYONE…