297 - The Arithmetic of Compassion: How Psychology and Literature Help Explain the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

<p>There are psychological and cognitive obstacles to compassion, especially against an invisible virus. <strong>Dr. Paul Slovic</strong>, a psychology professor at the University of Oregon, and his son <strong>Dr. Scott Slovic</strong>, a literature professor at the University of Idaho talk with guest host <strong>Dr. Colleen Barry</strong> about the psychic numbing that occurs when considering large-scale crisis like genocide, climate change, and COVID-19. They also discuss pandemic literature and what it’s like to work together as father and son from two seemingly different disciplines.</p>