Daryl Cameron
@dcameron.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Psych, Sherwin Early Career Prof in Rock Ethics Institute @Penn State. Directs Empathy & Moral Psych Lab, Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. Assoc Editor @Emotion. Father of four (twin dad), husband, loves ☕, 🍺, 🎶, 📸. Views are my own.
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Daryl Cameron
@dcameron.bsky.social
· Nov 4
Although most of my photos right now are of State College autumn, here's Happy Valley from the sky this August. It was awe-inspiring to get this view.
So, come join us here! I'll be recruiting a graduate student to the Empathy & Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab during this cycle, to start in fall 2026.
So, come join us here! I'll be recruiting a graduate student to the Empathy & Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab during this cycle, to start in fall 2026.
Just bumping this -- I'll be recruiting a new graduate student this cycle, to start in fall 2026. So will my colleagues Karen Gasper and Reg Adams. I'm currently the area coordinator. Reach out if you have questions about Penn State Social Psychology -- WE ARE!
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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Jon Stewart on the disconnect between Trump excusing J6 protesters and MAGA condemning Renee Good
January 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Jon Stewart on the disconnect between Trump excusing J6 protesters and MAGA condemning Renee Good
Excited to see this out in print in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. It's the first publication with @amormino.bsky.social in the EMP Lab, along with Joel Segel from Health Policy and Administration. At a pivotal moment for empathy, we consider its role for policymaking 1/n
Motivating Empathy and Moral Pluralism in Health Policy - C. Daryl Cameron, Paige Amormino, Joel E. Segel, 2026
Health policy is motivated by a variety of factors including moral concerns, values and convictions. Policymakers are motivated to consider how constituents and...
journals.sagepub.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Excited to see this out in print in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. It's the first publication with @amormino.bsky.social in the EMP Lab, along with Joel Segel from Health Policy and Administration. At a pivotal moment for empathy, we consider its role for policymaking 1/n
The Old Main view during the first class of my senior capstone on Empathy, Morality, & AI. Lots of interesting reactions to my opening empathy conversation with a chatbot ❤️ 🤖. Changing up the course too in the age of AI
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January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The Old Main view during the first class of my senior capstone on Empathy, Morality, & AI. Lots of interesting reactions to my opening empathy conversation with a chatbot ❤️ 🤖. Changing up the course too in the age of AI
@psuliberalarts.bsky.social
@rockethics.bsky.social
@ssripennstate.bsky.social
@psuliberalarts.bsky.social
@rockethics.bsky.social
@ssripennstate.bsky.social
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
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No book is going to turn kids into someone else. But books will regularly show kids other people like them and show those kids they're not alone. And they'll show kids other types of people who also exist. There is a large proportion of the population who are terrified of this.
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
No book is going to turn kids into someone else. But books will regularly show kids other people like them and show those kids they're not alone. And they'll show kids other types of people who also exist. There is a large proportion of the population who are terrified of this.
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8 months ago, RFK Jr said “only very sick kids should die of measles”.
What he means is “those kids weren’t strong enough to survive”.
It’s eugenics.
No kids “should” die of measles. It’s a vaccine preventable illness.
Soon it’ll be “only sick kids die from HepB, meningitis & more”
What he means is “those kids weren’t strong enough to survive”.
It’s eugenics.
No kids “should” die of measles. It’s a vaccine preventable illness.
Soon it’ll be “only sick kids die from HepB, meningitis & more”
January 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
8 months ago, RFK Jr said “only very sick kids should die of measles”.
What he means is “those kids weren’t strong enough to survive”.
It’s eugenics.
No kids “should” die of measles. It’s a vaccine preventable illness.
Soon it’ll be “only sick kids die from HepB, meningitis & more”
What he means is “those kids weren’t strong enough to survive”.
It’s eugenics.
No kids “should” die of measles. It’s a vaccine preventable illness.
Soon it’ll be “only sick kids die from HepB, meningitis & more”
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
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10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good
at the site of her murder
at the site of her murder
January 8, 2026 at 3:09 AM
10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good
at the site of her murder
at the site of her murder
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Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026
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Texas A&M actually tells a philosophy professor he may not teach Plato.
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Texas A&M actually tells a philosophy professor he may not teach Plato.
As we launch into 2026, we are excited to announce a major milestone: my wonderful colleague @anatperry.bsky.social and I have just submitted our edited volume Empathy and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Advances, and Ethical Considerations to @universitypress.cambridge.org. 1/n
January 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
As we launch into 2026, we are excited to announce a major milestone: my wonderful colleague @anatperry.bsky.social and I have just submitted our edited volume Empathy and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Advances, and Ethical Considerations to @universitypress.cambridge.org. 1/n
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somebody at UChicago is feeding preprints to LLMs without authors' consent, in a research study
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
January 5, 2026 at 10:55 PM
somebody at UChicago is feeding preprints to LLMs without authors' consent, in a research study
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
Having been in high school watching 9/11 on school TV, I remember the terror and uncertainty of what I was seeing unfold. Seeing what happened on Jan 6 on TV produced a similar feeling, a sense of a terrible historical moment.
NPR's Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
n.pr
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Having been in high school watching 9/11 on school TV, I remember the terror and uncertainty of what I was seeing unfold. Seeing what happened on Jan 6 on TV produced a similar feeling, a sense of a terrible historical moment.
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January 5, 2026
January 5, 2026 (Monday)
Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed the U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:43 AM
January 5, 2026
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January 6, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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The Kinsley gaffe to end all Kinsley gaffes
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 2:21 AM
The Kinsley gaffe to end all Kinsley gaffes
Colleagues, especially those who love #scifi, if you had to assign *one* short story to highlight the complexities of human-AI interaction, specifically with a focus on empathy, what would you assign? I have some initial ideas but I would be curious to hear any recommendations...
#empathy
#empathy
January 6, 2026 at 3:35 AM
What does it mean to give, receive empathy to and from AI, focusing on robots? Is it ethically wise or worrisome? What can psych, philosophy, engineering learn from each other? A fun motivated empathy collaboration, inspired by long-standing concerns about dismissal of lived experience of AI users
In our latest SPSP member highlight, we're sharing a new article on empathy and robots from a team that includes C. Daryl Cameron and Eliana Hadjiandreou - working alongside a philosopher and a robotics engineer.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/q6HX50XRb7r
Learn more: https://ow.ly/q6HX50XRb7r
January 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
What does it mean to give, receive empathy to and from AI, focusing on robots? Is it ethically wise or worrisome? What can psych, philosophy, engineering learn from each other? A fun motivated empathy collaboration, inspired by long-standing concerns about dismissal of lived experience of AI users
Frozen freedoms on the Susquehanna River
January 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Frozen freedoms on the Susquehanna River
As 2026 starts I look back at what it's meant to raise a family in the past year.
My oldest son became a teenager, took on more responsibilities, and thrived in several Special Olympics sports.
My oldest daughter shifted schools, deepened her art and dance (including with her younger sister).
My oldest son became a teenager, took on more responsibilities, and thrived in several Special Olympics sports.
My oldest daughter shifted schools, deepened her art and dance (including with her younger sister).
January 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
As 2026 starts I look back at what it's meant to raise a family in the past year.
My oldest son became a teenager, took on more responsibilities, and thrived in several Special Olympics sports.
My oldest daughter shifted schools, deepened her art and dance (including with her younger sister).
My oldest son became a teenager, took on more responsibilities, and thrived in several Special Olympics sports.
My oldest daughter shifted schools, deepened her art and dance (including with her younger sister).
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December 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Help my sons as we advocate for rare disease research. Until midnight, all donations will be doubled (up to $25,000) thanks to an anonymous family donor. With rare disease research and disability advocacy under threat, support matters especially now.
What 2025 has felt like. The song seems to encourage hope...Until you recognize it's designed as a musical cycle that could never end. A song and plea a little bit older than I am, for these polarized times
"help me, get away from this maze
Living in another world to you"
youtube.com/watch?v=Hop1...
"help me, get away from this maze
Living in another world to you"
youtube.com/watch?v=Hop1...
Talk Talk - Living in Another World (Live at Montreux 1986)
YouTube video by NudeAvenger
youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
What 2025 has felt like. The song seems to encourage hope...Until you recognize it's designed as a musical cycle that could never end. A song and plea a little bit older than I am, for these polarized times
"help me, get away from this maze
Living in another world to you"
youtube.com/watch?v=Hop1...
"help me, get away from this maze
Living in another world to you"
youtube.com/watch?v=Hop1...
As 2025 comes to a close, this seems like a year where cultivating gratitude for what went well is especially important. What stands out for me from this year is what a wonderful team we have here in the Empathy and Moral Psychology Lab.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As 2025 comes to a close, this seems like a year where cultivating gratitude for what went well is especially important. What stands out for me from this year is what a wonderful team we have here in the Empathy and Moral Psychology Lab.
@psuliberalarts.bsky.social
@ssripennstate.bsky.social
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@ssripennstate.bsky.social
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This is a great writeup discussing what my lab has studied for many years: situation selection. Changing the environments around us can often be a powerful tool to shape our emotions and feelings.
Opinion | Willpower Doesn’t Work. This Does.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is a great writeup discussing what my lab has studied for many years: situation selection. Changing the environments around us can often be a powerful tool to shape our emotions and feelings.