In a Hard-Core World, Can Empathy Be Learned?

And more importantly: can we afford to live without it?

Some people are not sociopaths or psychopaths, but they still lack empathy. Why?

Can someone help them, or is it useless? Some don't practise it because of various issues, such as being introverted, but that doesn't mean they lack it.

What is empathy?

Genuine empathy is linked to compassion and, as such, is also linked to emotional intelligence.

To develop …