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Gad Saad

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This Week's Pulse

Gad Saad has officially released his new book, Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind, and announced his departure from Concordia University for a new academic post in Mississippi. The news broke during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, where Joe Rogan welcomed the author to discuss his transition.

The conversation on The Joe Rogan Experience quickly pivoted to the personal toll of his public profile. Gad Saad recounted a chilling 2022 encounter, noting, "I was walking with my nine-year-old, 10-year-old son, and this guy looks at me. He goes, 'Are you Gad Saad?' I said, 'Yes.' Then he kind of composes himself to kind of deal with the hatred he feels, and he goes, 'I'm not gonna do anything to you out of respect for your son today.'"

Addressing the reception of his latest work, Gad Saad dismissed the early criticism aimed at his thesis on affective decision-making. He remarked, "I'm not saying that empathy is a bad thing, 'cause even though the book is just dropping, there's already been maybe 10 articles that have been hit pieces against the book." While the podcast world remains largely supportive of his move to the United States, the divide between his academic critics and his growing audience seems set to widen as he settles into his new role in the South.

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The Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Roganneutralfrom “Gad Saad on Suicidal Empathy and Moving to Mississippi”

Author of 'Suicidal Empathy' and guest on the show discussing his move to the US.

“[upbeat music] Joe Rogan podcast, check it out. The Joe Rogan Experience. Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night. All day. [upbeat music] Good to see you, sir.”

Gad Saadneutralfrom “Antisemitism and Academic Safety”

The guest describing his experiences with antisemitism and threats.

“So the only... So all of those threats were online, that necessitate... But then we had to file with Concordia a Montreal police report and so on. In 2022, I had in-person threat. So a, a guy came up to me. I was walking with my then, so 2022, so four years ag…”

Gad Saadneutralfrom “Parasitic Ideas and Suicidal Empathy”

Author of the book discussing parasitic ideas and suicidal empathy.

“... parasitic ideas and the parasitic mind. But i-i- in order to fully tell the story, I then had to say, "But, but a lot of the, the, the mechanisms by which people seem to be completely hijacked in terms of their ability to think critically is really coming …”

Gad Saadneutralfrom “Debating the Ethics of War and Historical Precedents”

Discusses the existential calculus of the Israel-Hamas conflict and references historical precedents.

“much better for them to train their kids to becoming neuroscientists and podcasters and classicists and physicians? But that's not what they chose to do, repeatedly for nearly 80 years. The minute that that clicks and they say, "You know what? You have this pa…”