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The Spectacle of Suffering: Has Bearing Witness to Global Tragedy Online Made Us More Compassionate — or Just More Comfortable With Watching?
Every day, suffering from somewhere in the world arrives on our phones — wars, disasters, injustices, all in real time. Zeynep Tufekci, Susan Sontag, and Amanda Ripley debate whether that constant exposure is making us more compassionate and more likely to act, or just more comfortable watching.
Jul 06, 2026
