Conversely, it’s hard to care about literature when you don’t have empathy. Especially “serious” literature, as opposed to sci-fi or fantasy that seems to be easier to connect with for rightwingers (though it may often require reading a dystopian work as inspirational instead of as a warning). I read that many of the important people in silicon valley are into sci-fi …
Conversely, it’s hard to care about literature when you don’t have empathy.
Of course, the question remains how much people with low empathy are willing to pick up a book on their own volition. Though at least studies have shown (here is one) that reading fiction increased empathy even when people were not particularly empathic to begin with.
Conversely, it’s hard to care about literature when you don’t have empathy. Especially “serious” literature, as opposed to sci-fi or fantasy that seems to be easier to connect with for rightwingers (though it may often require reading a dystopian work as inspirational instead of as a warning). I read that many of the important people in silicon valley are into sci-fi …
Of course, the question remains how much people with low empathy are willing to pick up a book on their own volition. Though at least studies have shown (here is one) that reading fiction increased empathy even when people were not particularly empathic to begin with.