What is “suicidal empathy” and can good intentions actually destroy a civilization? In this episode of The Brief: Insights From The Inside, host Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with Professor Gad Saad, evolutionary psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind, to unpack how victimhood culture, open borders, soft-on-crime policies, censorship, and misplaced compassion can produce devastating real-world consequences. Saad explains why empathy is not inherently bad — but becomes dangerous when it “hyper fires” toward the wrong targets and overrides reason, judgment, and self-preservation. The conversation covers open borders, free speech, Canada’s MAID laws, anti-Semitism, civilizational…
Gad Saad, PhD, is an evolutionary behavioral scientist, a professor of marketing at Concordia University, and host of “The Saad Truth.” His new book, “Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind,” is available now. www.harpercollins.com/products/suicidal-empathy-gad-saadwww.youtube.com/@GadSaadwww.gadsaad.com Perplexity: Download the app or ask Perplexity anything at https://pplx.ai/rogan. Uber Eats makes last-minute gifting easy. https://www.ubereats.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Gad Saad, PhD, is an evolutionary behavioral scientist, a professor of marketing at Concordia University, and host of “The Saad Truth.” His new book, “Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind,” is available now. www.harpercollins.com/products/suicidal-empathy-gad-saad www.youtube.com/@GadSaad www.gadsaad.com Perplexity: Download the app or ask Perplexity anything at https://pplx.ai/rogan . Uber Eats makes last-minute gifting easy. https://www.ubereats.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesOpen
