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The basis of the passage “Is Empathy Overrated?” talks about the mostly bad side to having empathy and how it can affect the outcome of various situations negatively. In one section the author Paul Bloom, addresses how empathy can very commonly be used as a vacuum that takes away from other aspects that might acquire attention. He uses a great example by distinguishing the differences between two separate “gun violence” related issues and how one of those situations received more…

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The article talks about the importance of the Dunbar Number. How it was created, what it means and how it applies to so many aspects of our social life. Robert Dunbar came upon the discovery of the Number while attempting to study the social behavior of primates. He found that with many species, the size of their social circle actually corresponded with the size of their frontal lobe. Robert then discovered the number could be broken down and divided into…

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