{"product_id":"2940169269963","title":"The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmpathy is in short supply. Isolation and tribalism are rampant. We struggle to understand people who aren¿t like us, but find it easy to hate them. Studies show that we are less caring than we were even 30 years ago. In 2006, Barack Obama said that the United States is suffering from an ¿empathy deficit.¿ Since then, things only seem to have gotten worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt doesn¿t have to be this way. In this groundbreaking audiobook, Jamil Zaki shares cutting-edge research, including experiments from his own lab, showing that empathy is not a fixed trait amp;mdash; something we¿re born with or not amp;mdash; but rather a skill that can be strengthened through effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also tells the stories of people who embody this new perspective, fighting for kindness in the most difficult of circumstances. We meet a former neo-Nazi who is now helping extract people from hate groups, ex-prisoners discussing novels with the judge who sentenced them, Washington police officers changing their culture to decrease violence among their ranks, and NICU nurses fine-tuning their empathy so that they don¿t succumb to burnout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with clarity and passion, \u003ci\u003eThe War for Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e is an inspiring call to action. The future may depend on whether we accept the challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122992103664,"sku":"2940169269963","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169269963_p0.jpg?v=1763773047","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169269963","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}