Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is more important: kindness, empathy, or intelligence? Rick Rosner: It depends on the context, but kindness is the most important in building a decent society. If people are consistently kind to each other, society can function well. You don't have to understand others fully to be kind to them. Empathy extends …
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Rick Rosner: We've discussed this a lot. You're kind, empathetic, and not American, so you probably don't subscribe to this view as much as I do. However, I see the 2024 election as one between people with reasonable intelligence—on the liberal side—and people suffering from Dunning-Kruger on the other. It doesn't mean everyone who votes for …
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Rick Rosner: So, it's fall, which was a time that everyone looked forward to—at least in America—when the new shows would debut on network TV. Now, with a gazillion channels, network TV is less appealing than the higher quality, more challenging shows available elsewhere. But there are still shows on network TV premiering now, including …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This would be a follow-up, perhaps even the most recent one. Did you ever feel like you discovered any new community, particularly one with a high intellectual acuity, like Mensa or Mega? Rick Rosner: Not really. I joined Mensa around 1980 or 1985—I cannot recall exactly. Playboy Magazine once featured an article …
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