Lou Agosta

Empathy Consultant, Therapist, Educator

[Lou Agosta @arumorofempathy]

Empathy: A Lazy Person's Guide, the book, a light-hearted look with 28 illustrations - is now available - drive out bullying, aggression, prejudice, cynicism, devaluing language, resignation - and empathy spontaneously comes forth - https://t.co/V9eKhdnNIx

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Top Empathy Trends for 2026 - catch up on the top ten trends in empathy for 2026 including automated (AI) empathy, suicidal empathy (say what!?), rhetorical empathy, empathy and reading and more! Read the blog post: https://t.co/Rj2TYH81UR

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Empathy Summit: Expanding Empathy in the Year Ahead: Jan 3, 2026 online -
EMPATHY SUMMIT:
How Might We Build the Empathy Movement?
see https://t.co/WpdK0HcSjh

Saturday, January 3, 2026
Time: 9 am PT to 12:30 pm PT - World Times
Location: Zoom https://t.co/3DEefngp82

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I saw an advertisement today: “Empathy can't be automated” Made me think: The obvious, question is “Well, can you?” Pros and cons...Read the complete post at https://t.co/G3993Cv5n2

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Empathy and tragic drama: Empathy starts out with a decision that the agent should not have to make. In classic tragedy, the hero is forced to make a decision that neither the agent nor anyone else is authorized to make. The agent has to make it anyway. https://t.co/cmXCWDzx8h

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A Short Talk on Trauma and Empathy: The survivor was physically present yet did not have the experience in such a way as to experience it. The survivor did not experience the experience. An experience one did not experience (!?): “Unclaimed” experience. Radical empathy.

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Listen to "The empathic dozen: Top twelve (12) empathy lessons" by A Rumor of Empathy with Lou Agosta. https://t.co/uvIzgqmW5m

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Noted in passing: Anna Ornstein (2027 - 2025) - https://t.co/szYQmk5liG https://t.co/Jmmkx0Qnfs
In the word of tips and techniques, Ornstein did not say “treat the parent; the child gets better” - but she strongly implied it (and the chid needs treatment too) ...

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@PamBondiNewsX This is an Uncontrolled Burn. In forest management one performs a Controlled Burn of the underbrush to prevent forest fires. Likewise with bureaucracy. Here we have an UNCONTROLLED BURN - essential services to citizens and foreign friends are laid waste in slash and burn.

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@AlaxTrump7 DOGE is an Uncontrolled Burn. In forest management one performs a Controlled Burn of the underbrush to prevent forest fires. Likewise with bureaucracy. Here we have an UNCONTROLLED BURN - essential services to citizens and foreign friends are laid waste in slash and burn.

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@ELonMuskNewssX "The inmates are now in charge of the asylum."

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@JDVanceNewsX "The inmates are in charge of the asylum."

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@ELonMuskNewssX This is an Uncontrolled Burn. In forest management one performs a Controlled Burn of the underbrush to prevent forest fires. Likewise with bureaucracy. Here we have an UNCONTROLLED BURN - essential services to citizens and foreign friends are laid waste in slash and burn.

[Lou Agosta @arumorofempathy]

@ELonMuskNewssX "The inmates are in charge of the asylum."
Two wrongs do not make a right!

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@JDVanceNewsX "The inmates are now in charge of the asylum."

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@elonmusk @DOGE This is an Uncontrolled Burn. In forest management one performs a Controlled Burn of the underbrush to prevent forest fires. Likewise with bureaucracy. Here we have an UNCONTROLLED BURN - essential services to citizens and foreign friends are laid waste in slash and burn.

[Lou Agosta @arumorofempathy]

@essenviews "The inmates are now in charge of the asylum."

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@SaveAmericaNew Two wrongs do not make a right.
"The inmates are now in charge of the asylum."

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@JDVanceNewsX "The inmates are in charge of the asylum."

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@IvankaNews_ "The inmates are now in charge of the asylum."

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@TuckerCNews This is an Uncontrolled Burn. In forest management one performs a Controlled Burn of the underbrush to prevent forest fires. Likewise with bureaucracy. Here we have an UNCONTROLLED BURN - essential services to citizens and foreign friends are laid waste in slash and burn.