Suicidal Empathy

Gad Saad, Ph.D. is a professor and an evolutionary behavioral scientist. He has authored numerous scientific papers and pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, he is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. He is the host of The Saad Truth podcast, and his book, The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense, became an international bestseller.

“Western civilization is doomed, unless the core weakness of suicidal empathy is recognized and actions are taken that are hard but necessary for survival. Gad Saad articulates this well. All of Gad’s books, including this one, are great.” — Elon Musk“Over the course of nearly half a century tracking culture war issues I have some perspective on our time and society, and I am deeply worried that the West faces a challenge like no other. But I was unable to link the disparate threats—the DEI, BLM, and trans movements, the fetishization of victimhood status, the ennobling of terrorists and criminals, and the failure to solve the drug and homelessness problems—to the underlying cause until I read Gad Saad’s magisterial work on Suicidal Empathy. There it is! We’re killing ourselves with kindness and it must stop before the patient dies, starting with this book, which includes the contagion's diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment." — Michael Shermer, Publisher, Skeptic magazine, author of The Moral Arc and Conspiracy"What happens when society becomes so empathetic that it tolerates intolerance? Gad Saad is the evolutionary psychologist who can tell us whether the enlightenment can endure in an age of suicidal empathy." — Lord Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist and Birds, Sex and Beauty"Probably the single most compelling analysis to date of how and why woke culture is destroying western culture by strangling science, public organisations and society." — Robin Dunbar, professor emeritus, the University of Oxford; author of Friends: Understanding the Power of Our Most Important Relationships“Suicidal Empathy is a fiery exposé of compassion gone wild.” — Sally Satel, Lecturer, Yale University School of Medicine“Well before the appearance of this book, Gad Saad’s coinage “suicidal empathy” had spread throughout the Anglosphere, becoming an indispensable part of the common lexicon. And with very good reason – for it perfectly encapsulates a ubiquitous contemporary phenomenon that threatens the very fiber of our civilization and that Gad Saad illuminates here with analytical brilliance and caustic wit. This highly anticipated work is even more splendid than one had hoped – consistently fascinating, thought-provoking, and deeply alarming – and easily more important than any book in recent memory.” — Bruce Bawer, author of While Europe Slept