Signpost 21

In a nutshell:

The closer we are physically to a situation and the people involved in it, the more likely we are to feel empathy. This is a compelling reason to have people work together in the same physical location.

Key Chapter: 19

• 21.1 Empathy seems to become stronger the closer we are to the situation. A sort of a radius of empathy, in which its effects decay as the radius increases. p.66

• 21.2 The ‘radius of empathy’ might be a compelling reason for having people collocated at the workplace. p.66