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Consider how old and universal story-telling is. Humans felt empathy for fictional characters since forever.
Fair point. But did the media always draw such a big proportion of the attention we could've spent on each other?
It's not a media issue. Think about how much empathy and attention did Jesus and his army of saints consume X-)
But generally speaking, I don't buy the "empathizing with your neighbor gives them 10 points of utility, but doesn't give you anything" assertion. That's not how human interaction works.