# Suicidal Empathy – with Gad Saad

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Podcast: [Boundless Insights - with Aviva Klompas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/boundless-insights-with-aviva-klompas-7040175)
Published: 2026-06-24T09:00:00+00:00
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Empathy is usually considered one of humanity's greatest virtues. But what happens when empathy becomes untethered from reality? In this episode, host Aviva Klompas sits down with Dr. Gad Saad to discuss his new book, Suicidal Empathy. Drawing on evolutionary psychology, cultural analysis, and his own experiences growing up Jewish in Lebanon before fleeing civil war, Saad argues that many Western societies have become reluctant to judge ideas, behaviors, and ideologies on their merits—even w...

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