What Tim Sweeney thinks about empathy

@tim-sweeney · 22 positions · On ppll ↗

Founder and CEO of Epic Games, creator of the Unreal Engine and of Fortnite.

Tim Sweeney did not write this page.

We collected these quotes from things they published elsewhere, and every quote links to where it was said. They have no account here and have not endorsed this site. Quotes are word for word; the short line under each one is our own restatement, not their wording. Their own site. Is this you? Claim it or ask us to remove it. Or tell us what is wrong here.

Filter empathy · Newest first

Topic

All 22 video games 8 design 3 LLMs 2 Apple 1 code generation 1 crypto 1 empathy 1 formal proof 1 Google 1

6 more topics

hiring 1 JavaScript 1 optimism 1 physics 1 software performance 1 startups 1

Sort

Newest Oldest

Only Tim Sweeney on empathy. See everyone on empathy

1 dated position, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Tim Sweeney has said — not written or endorsed by them.

1 position so far — this page is not yet offered to search engines.

30 Apr 2025

Our readingHumans together in a shared world are a naturally empathetic medium, while typing messages at each other is a self-reinforcing negative dynamic.

Their wordsI think the lesson from all of that is that humans talking to humans and being together in the real world or a virtual world, is a naturally empathetic medium, which naturally leads to bonding, and though conflict sometimes occurs, it's just generally so much more promoting of our social norms and good interactions between people and positivity promoting.

↗Tim Sweeney: Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and the Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #467youtube.com 22nd of 22 in this recording