Looking at Link Between Violent Video Games and Lack of Empathy

Looking at Link Between Violent Video Games and Lack of Empathy

Nick Bilton, New York Times, June 16, 2014

OK, I'll confess, I watch 'fail' videos on YouTube. If you're not familiar with the genre, it consists generally of people doing things which end badly. Sometimes you just know the person felt some pain at the end of it. In my case, at least, there is an empathetic response - I experience an involuntary shudder as though it were me about to experience that fall. More...