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On Empathy
by Sam Vaknin
Empathy - supposedly a spontaneous reaction to the plight of our fellow humans - is now channeled through self-interested and bloated non-government organizations or multilateral outfits.
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The Happiness of Others
by Sam Vaknin
Is there any necessary connection between our actions and the happiness of others?
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The Cultural Narcissist - Lasch In An Age Of Diminishing Expectations
by Sam Vaknin
The clinical term "Narcissism" was abused by Lasch in his books. It joined other words mistreated by this social preacher.
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And Then There Were Too Many
by Sam Vaknin
The latest census in Ukraine revealed an apocalyptic drop of 10% in its population - from 52.5 million a decade ago to a mere 47.5 million last year.
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Eugenics and the Future of the Human Species
by Sam Vaknin
Eugenicists often hark back to wisdom garnered by generations of breeders and farmers. But the unequivocal lesson of thousands of years of artificial selection is that cross-breeding (hybridization) - even of two lines of inferior genetic stock - yields valuable genotypes.
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