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How do civilizations die?
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The great British historian Arnold Toynbee asked himself this question.
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Here is his answer.
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They die not by murder, but by suicide.
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We in the West, the inheritors of the greatest civilization ever created,
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are witnessing this right before our very eyes.
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I call this phenomenon suicidal empathy.
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As an evolutionary behavioral scientist,
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I believe empathy is a noble virtue and a central feature of our humanity.
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The Oxford Dictionary defines empathy as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
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It sounds great, and often is,
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especially when you're empathetic toward the people close to you,
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your spouse, your children, your friends.
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But empathy can lead us astray.
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When empathy serves as the only filter for decision-making,
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replacing a rational and adaptive calculus of prudence,
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discernment and justice, empathy can cause great harm.
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In fact, it can be fatal.
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The serial killer, Ted Bundy,
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used empathy to lure women to their violent deaths.
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He would pretend to be injured,
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sometimes with a fake sling or cast on his arm.
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He would ask his soon-to-be victim for help loading items into his car,
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and then, when they turned their back, he would strike.
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Bundy killed through exploiting the natural proclivity to be empathetic.
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Suicidal empathy endangers not just well-meaning individuals.
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It threatens entire societies, indeed all of Western civilization.
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Let's look at a couple of general and then more specific examples.
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Mass immigration.
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In 2015, the Chancellor of Germany,
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Angela Merkel, instituted an open-door immigration policy,
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especially for Muslim migrants, most of whom had no intention of assimilating into their host societies.
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Perhaps her suicidal empathy toward migrants was meant as penance for her country's crimes against humanity.
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But a decade later, Germany,
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as well as most of Europe,
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nearly all of whom have followed Merkel's example,
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is dealing with the consequences.
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Vastly increased rates of rape, murder, and social disintegration.
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Defund the police.
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In the wake of the death of drug-addicted felon George Floyd in May 2020,
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an idea arose, namely that a racist police system was murdering innocent people of color.
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Though this was easily refuted by the actual data,
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suicidally empathetic mayors and city councils in places like Los Angeles,
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San Francisco, and Philadelphia cut their police budgets.
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Who suffered?
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The very people who were supposed to be protected.
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Let's look at a few specific cases of suicidal empathy.
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Canadian-born Omar Khadr joined the Taliban and murdered an American soldier in Afghanistan.
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The U.S gave him a 40-year sentence,
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but turned him over to Canadian authorities after 10 years at Guantanamo Bay.
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Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government,
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which suffered from stage 4 suicidal empathy,
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gave Qatar $8 million and apologized for his detention.
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The University of Minnesota Twin Cities Medical School required the class of 2026 to pledge their support for diversity,
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equity, and inclusion, not to mention honoring all indigenous ways of healing that have been historically marginalized by Western medicine.
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Because as they wheel you into the operating room,
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what you really want to know is
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that your surgeon who got there for some reason other than
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merit is up on how the local tribes handled medical problems 500 years ago.
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Under the Biden White House,
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the Federal Aviation Administration implemented a recruitment program for people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities.
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Imagine how safe you'll feel when that woke logic reaches the cockpit.
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No society can long survive such an explosion of suicidal empathy.
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Is there a cure?
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Yes, but first we must understand where this madness comes from.
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Suicidal empathy is driven by misplaced guilt.
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The suicidally empathetic person feels guilty for being born in the prosperous, free West.
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We might call this privilege guilt,
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a common affliction among Westerners,
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especially affluent, highly educated ones.
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To inoculate yourself against this parasitic idea,
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you must take at the very least these three actions.
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First, never shut off your rational mind.
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Suicidal empathy tries to override your capacity for reason.
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It hijacks your desire to be kind,
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misdirects it to the wrong recipient in the wrong amount,
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and in so doing, harms you and others.
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Second, always ask, what happens next?
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Cause and effect is an immutable law.
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Actions have consequences, sometimes very bad ones.
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Third, don't be tolerant of all viewpoints.
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Not everything is as good as everything else.
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Some ideas are better than others.
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Some cultures are better than others.
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Some religions are more peaceful than others.
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These actions were once the default operating system for nearly everyone born in the West.
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Now, they are a matter of civilizational survival.
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The good news is this.
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Suicide is a choice.
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The West still has time to save itself, but not much.
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I'm Gad Saad, author of Suicidal Empathy,
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Dying to be Kind, for Prager University.
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Bu dersin kelimeleri ve konuşma notları
Bu C1 seviyesindeki konuşma dersi “Suicidal Empathy” videosuna dayanıyor. En çok tekrarlanan kelimeler: empathy, suicidal, empathetic, civilization, actions. Bu videoda gölgeleme çalışması için 92 cümle ve 799 kelime var. Konuşma bölümü 5:40 sürüyor. Konuşmacı dakikada yaklaşık 141 kelimelik dengeli bir hızla konuşuyor; gölgeleme için rahat bir tempo. Kelimelerin yalnızca %75’i İngilizcede en sık kullanılan 3.000 kelime arasında, bu yüzden kelime dağarcığı zorlayıcı.
Bu videodaki önemli kelimeler
Videodaki en ileri düzey 15 kelime, telaffuzu ve anlamıyla:
| Kelime | Telaffuz | Anlam |
|---|---|---|
| empathy isim | /ˈɛmpəθi/ | empati |
| civilization isim | /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ | ekinç, medeniyet |
| consequence isim | /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/ | sonuç, netice |
| affliction isim | /əˈflɪk.ʃən/ | ızdırap, dert |
| affluent sıfat | /ˈæf.lu.ənt/ | varlıklı, zengin |
| assimilate fiil | /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/ | asimile etmek |
| astray zarf | /əˈstɹeɪ/ | kötü/yanlış yola |
| disintegration isim | /dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ | dezentegrasyon |
| immutable sıfat | değişmez, sabit | |
| proclivity isim | /pɹəʊˈklɪvɪti/ | yatkınlık, eğilim |
| prudence isim | /ˈpɹud(ə)n(t)s/ | ihtiyat |
| refute fiil | /ɹɪˈfjuːt/ | aksini ispatlamak, delilleri çürütmek |
| prosperous sıfat | /ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/ | bayındır |
| calculus isim | /ˈkæl.kjə.ləs/ | kalkülüs |
| lure isim | /lʊə/ | câzibe, çığırtkan |
Bu videodaki dil bilgisi
Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:
| Yapı | Videoda |
|---|---|
| Edilgen yapı be + fiilin üçüncü hâli — kimin yaptığı değil, ne olduğu önemli | be injured · was meant · was easily refuted |
| Present perfect have/has + fiilin üçüncü hâli — geçmişte olan ama şimdi de önemli olan bir eylem | have followed · have been |
Dikkat edilecek telaffuzlar
Konuşmacı don't, I'm, you'll gibi kısaltılmış biçimleri 4 kez kullanıyor. Bunları duyduğunuz gibi kısa söyleyin.
- “th” sesleri: empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/, empathetic /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
- “sh” ve “zh” sesleri: civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, rational /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/, affliction /əˈflɪk.ʃən/, disintegration /dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/, evolutionary /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/
- Uzun kelimeler — vurguyu doğru yere koyun: suicidal /ˌsu.əˈsaɪ.dəl/, empathetic /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/, civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, assimilate /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/, disintegration /dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
Türkçe konuşanların zorlandığı sesler:
- Kelime başındaki ünsüz kümesi — araya ünlü eklemeyin: proclivity /pɹəʊˈklɪvɪti/, prudence /ˈpɹud(ə)n(t)s/, prosperous /ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/, viewpoint /ˈvjuː.pɔɪnt/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
- /æ/ — “e”den daha açık: rational /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/, affluent /ˈæf.lu.ənt/, hijack /ˈhaɪ.d͡ʒæk/, parasitic /ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/, calculus /ˈkæl.kjə.ləs/
Bu videoyla nasıl çalışılır
- Videonun tamamını konuşmadan bir kez dinleyin ve bilmediğiniz kelimeleri not edin.
- Normal hızda cümle cümle tekrar edin; ritminiz konuşmacıyla aynı olana kadar her cümleyi yineleyin.
- Kendinizi kaydedin ve orijinaliyle karşılaştırın; empathy, civilization, consequence gibi kelimelere özellikle dikkat edin.
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Gölgeleme, başlangıçta profesyonel tercüman eğitimi için geliştirilen ve çok dilli Dr. Alexander Arguelles tarafından popüler hale getirilen, bilim destekli bir dil öğrenme tekniğidir. Yöntem basit ama güçlüdür: ana dili İngilizce olan bir sesi dinler ve hemen yüksek sesle tekrar edersiniz — konuşmacıyı 1-2 saniye gecikmeyle takip eden bir gölge gibi. Pasif dinleme veya dilbilgisi alıştırmalarının aksine, gölgeleme beyninizi ve ağız kaslarınızı gerçek konuşma kalıplarını eşzamanlı olarak işlemeye ve yeniden üretmeye zorlar. Araştırmalar, telaffuz doğruluğu, tonlama, ritim, bağlı konuşma, dinleme anlama ve konuşma akıcılığını önemli ölçüde geliştirdiğini göstermektedir — bu da onu IELTS Konuşma hazırlığı ve gerçek dünya İngilizce iletişimi için en etkili yöntemlerden biri yapar.