Culture

Title: Against Empathy: The Case for Rational CompassionAuthor: Paul BloomPublisher: HarperCollinsPublishing Date: December 6, 2016Pages: 304 (Hardcover)ISBN: 978-0062339331 In these fractured and partisan days, we could fix the world if we all had a bit more empathy, right? Some even say that orienting our entire worldview around empathy is necessary for thriving in…

Title: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t KnowAuthors: Malcolm GladwellPublisher: Little, Brown & CompanyPublishing Date: September 10, 2019Pages: 400 (Hardcover)ISBN: 978-0316478526 It feels like American society is at a crisis point. Whether it’s social polarization or concerns over discrimination, a root…

Title: LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social MediaAuthors: P. W. Singer & Emerson T. BrookingPublisher: Mariner BooksPublishing Date: October 8, 2019Pages: 432 (Paperback)ISBN: 978-0358108474 The world is always changing, but this change came into sharp focus for P.W. Singer and Emerson Brooking as they watched what unfolded in Mosul, Iraq in the…