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she saw in him the kind of self-concern that she thought was unattractive in a partner
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How much genuine pathos, and how much savvy self-concern, expediency?
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Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
While our hearts might be able to bleed for billions of strangers at a time, our heads are often preoccupied with more local problems, and the 21st century has exacerbated that dissonance to the point that we’re all locked in a near-constant negotiation between empathy and self-concern.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
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Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
While our hearts might be able to bleed for billions of strangers at a time, our heads are often preoccupied with more local problems, and the 21st century has exacerbated that dissonance to the point that we’re all locked in a near-constant negotiation between empathy and self-concern.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
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“Self-concern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-concern. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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