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When Shackleton found himself responsible for the lives of so many men in such desperate circumstances, he understood what would spell the difference between life or death: the men’s attitude. This is not something visible. It is rarely discussed or analyzed in books. There are no training manuals on the subject. And yet it was the most important factor of all.
The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene
30. Compassion Fatigue:
The saturation of the web with news of tragedies, which is intended to rouse our empathy, is ironically habituating and desensitizing us to human suffering, making us overall less empathic.
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28. Okrent's Law:
We all know how biased journalists can be, but even those who attempt to be objective can spread misinformation, because the attempt to be even-handed often leads journalists to treat wrong opinions with more respect than they deserve.
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