Disempathy

It’s often said that we are all becoming more stupid (at least here in Europe). I believe that, just as there are different kinds of intelligence, there are also different kinds of stupidity, among them the most widespread today: the lack of awareness of the other.

On that note, it’s interesting to observe that there is no specific antonym for “empathetic”, as if there had never been a need to use one. I think that in the 21st century we should start introducing “disempathetic” into our vocabulary.