<ul>
<li>Child mortality, and how suffering affects your capacity for empathy</li>
<li><a href="http://edge.org/conversation/yuval_noah_harari-daniel_kahneman-death-is-optional">Death is Optional</a> and <a href="http://www.theawl.com/2012/06/how-silence-works-trappist-monks">How Silence Works</a>: how quickly can society change?</li>
<li>Are increasingly accurate videogame characters more alienating? (<a href="https://www.choiceofgames.com/creatures-such-as-we/">Creatures Such As We</a>, the game Adrian mentioned)</li>
</ul>
<p>Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia</p>

Child mortality, and how suffering affects your capacity for empathy Death is Optional and How Silence Works: how quickly can society change? Are increasingly accurate videogame characters more alienating? (Creatures Such As We, the game Adrian mentioned) Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia

<ul>
<li>Child mortality, and how suffering affects your capacity for empathy</li>
<li><a href="http://edge.org/conversation/yuval_noah_harari-daniel_kahneman-death-is-optional" rel="noopener noreferrer">Death is Optional</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.theawl.com/2012/06/how-silence-works-trappist-monks" rel="noopener noreferrer">How Silence Works</a>: how quickly can society change?</li>
<li>Are increasingly accurate videogame characters more alienating? (<a href="https://www.choiceofgames.com/creatures-such-as-we/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creatures Such As We</a>, the game Adrian mentioned)</li>
</ul>
<p>Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia</p>

89: Suffering and Empathy, Transforming Society, Alienating Videogame Characters

Adrian Hon, Andrea Phillips, and Naomi Alderman talk about technology, books, publishing, games, science, religion, films, TV, politics, and how to live a good life.

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