Chapter 1: What are the implications of Colorado's law on free speech?
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A growing number of American institutions that once prioritized truth and open debate are now increasingly driven by emotional consensus and the fear of offending people. Supporters argue it's simply a more compassionate and inclusive way of thinking.
Evolutionary behavioral scientist Gad Saad says the shift has gone much further than most people even realize. And when empathy becomes detached from reality, it can actually become destructive.
He joins us today to explain why he believes many in the West are engaging in suicidal empathy and what he thinks it will take to reverse course.
I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. This is a special edition of Morning Wire.
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Chapter 2: How has emotional consensus replaced objective truth in institutions?
Well, as in most things in life, it's multifaceted. Number one, it has become increasingly challenging to be a outspoken Jewish professor in Montreal, Canada. So that definitely was not a good thing. But even if that didn't exist, as I get older, I've grown incredibly less tolerant of the bad weather.
Even though we moved to Canada in the 1970s, you know, my genetic makeup is not made to be living in minus 20 degree weather for, you know, six months a year. So that would certainly be another one. And the third reason is, frankly, The taxation system in Canada is so astounding. And if you add Quebec and Canada, it becomes really impossible.
And so might as well go to the United States so I can experience my inner spirit, which is indeed American in reality.
Did suicidal empathy in Canada actually play a part into your decision as well?
I mean, it did, although suicidal empathy is something that regrettably has taken a hold of the entire West. Canada is certainly at the forefront of being some of the biggest sufferer of that malady. So I'll give you a few concrete examples. You know, in Canada, we very much have doubled and tripled down on diversity, inclusion and equity.
And this certainly manifests itself in a myriad of ways within the university ecosystem. So at my own university that I'm going to be leaving this summer,
uh one of the key uh objectives in the strategic mission was to indigenize and decolonize the entire curriculum i mean you have to stop back and imagine what that means every single discipline that is being taught you should try to incorporate indigenous and decolonization lens to it well i teach things like consumer psychology evolutionary psychology and psychology of decision making
I didn't know that there was a decolonized way to study that. So that would be one example. And it manifests itself across all of academic excellence. University of Waterloo recently was looking for top professors in AI. And one of the positions said that you had to be two-spirit, non-binary, gender fluid, or transgender. That's probably not a good way to organize science.
No, not at all. So let's unpack this a little bit more. You make the case that empathy can actually become destructive when it's misapplied. When did you first start feeling this was really becoming an issue with the West? When did this become a major focus for you?
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