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The Internet's Impact on Empathy and Connection
1:30:50 - 1:36:07 (05:16)
The internet can both hinder and facilitate empathy and connection between people. It allows for the possibility of building meaningful connections with others around the world, but also has the potential to decrease empathy in face-to-face interactions.
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The digital world has made access to different websites and places easier and more affordable than physical mobility.
1:30:50 - 1:31:57 (01:07)
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The digital world has made access to different websites and places easier and more affordable than physical mobility. This has made it possible to reopen the world map in a way that was not possible in the past, like the hunter-gatherer era where permanent fortifications and demarcated borders were nonexistent.
ChapterThe Internet's Impact on Empathy and Connection
Episode#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker believes that the current online culture of cruelty and mockery is a temporary thing and that most people ultimately want to be good, but the anonymity provided by the internet makes it easy for individuals to engage in such behavior.
1:31:57 - 1:33:41 (01:43)
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The speaker believes that the current online culture of cruelty and mockery is a temporary thing and that most people ultimately want to be good, but the anonymity provided by the internet makes it easy for individuals to engage in such behavior. They predict that technological solutions will be found to curb this phenomenon.
ChapterThe Internet's Impact on Empathy and Connection
Episode#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The internet can diminish empathy between people, but it can also lead to building strong connections with others across the world.
1:33:41 - 1:36:07 (02:25)
Summary
The internet can diminish empathy between people, but it can also lead to building strong connections with others across the world. The impact on the psychological growth of young people is a cause for concern.