Archive - Who Cares? by David Berreby

How To Kill Strangers: Believe One of These Four Things

They'll help you justify slaughter, too

Nov 16, 2023 •

June 2023

Something's Gonna Get You

How to Freak Out -- And Then Stop Freaking Out -- About What's in Your Genes

Jun 30, 2023 •

My Doctor's Appointments Feel Like Little Vacations

Why Medical Care Has a Holiday Vibe

Jun 24, 2023 •

March 2023

If We Don't Have Enough People to Care, Can We Get Robots to Do It?

What is caregiving, really? James Wright's new book on eldercare machines impels you to think about it.

Mar 22, 2023 •

October 2022

The Sudden, Terrible Onset of Caring What Other People Think

One reason it sucks to be a tween: you lose the sturdy indifference of childhood

Oct 30, 2022 •

September 2022

Not That There's Anything Wrong With That

Why It's Important to Show Respect for Things You Don't Care About

Sep 30, 2022 •

Something's Happening Here

What It Is Ain't Exactly Clear. But Larry Summers Wants to Find Out

Sep 23, 2022 •

August 2022

A Clever Bit of Art Makes Me Look at the Indifference I Hide from Myself

Aug 19, 2022 •

July 2022

What Joe Manchin Cares About

Making concern for climate change into a badge of elitism

Jul 16, 2022 •

June 2022

Why 'Personal Autonomy' Doesn't Move Anti-Abortion Crusaders

Religious and secular ideas of freedom don't align

Jun 30, 2022 •

I write this blog about indifference, so did I know what to do when I saw someone in trouble?

Jun 13, 2022 •

Seeing Pictures of Murdered Children Isn't Going To Change Our Politics

The idea that it could springs from America's tradition of blaming individuals' supposed spiritual flaws for institutional failures

Jun 3, 2022 •

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