I appreciate Mir's empathy distinction between electronic media and written media, and fear he is correct when he says, "Deep and long reading will never regain its position of dominance now that humans have tasted digital devices." But my view is digital empathy is a fake empathy. It seems to me that the resulting digital tribalism is more a manifestation of confirmation bias.

The median voter is between 55-60 years old and this will rise over the next few decades.

The young will be enslaved to pay for the retirement of the old. They will themselves not have children because then they will have to provide for both the old and their children.