Emotional Intelligence too far?

In the video it was talking about speed dating, and the speaker told a story of how this woman's brother never got a number, and she knew exactly why - he only talked about himself. He wasn't empathetic toward the women, he never asked them about themselves or anything like that. He also talks about a serial killer, and how the serial killer "turned off" the emotional part of himself, so he could perform the murders... "Turning off" our emotions also happen when we just talk about ourselves. We don't pay attention to anyone else but ourselves. We don't preceieve the emotion of the other person, therefore we don't understand the other person's emotion, we can't use that emotion to build conversation, or manage our emotion to how they are feeling.

I believe the speaker is correct. We need to have emotion, and understand others emotion. I don't think that emotional intelligence has gone too far at all, if anything we should elaborate on it. If we had a higher EQ, it would make the world a better place. It might not make everything better, but it could make poeple less angry; which could lead to less deaths. Understanding emotions could keep people together, and the divorce rate would go down, parents and kids wouldn't fight so much, and neither would friends. I think a lot of problems could be solved by people understanding emotion, and having a higher EQ.