But if you say ‘sign this, you get 100 million monies and 1 million will starve’ ppl would sign.
That’s because it’s hard to empathize with a group of people. Empaiy is always about individuals. The “group” is an inherently more abstract term.
ppl thinking of other’s wellbeing as if it’s some fancy luxury even when said ppl have more than enough or more than others
they don’t think about helping others in the first place. Brain is a lazy machine, it won’t spend its cycles thinking if everybody in the neighborhood is feeling allright. This adds up with our inability to empathize with groups, making thinking of others only more costly.
That’s why one’s empathy always has a scope, and so do the good intentions.
And some people are just egotistic psychopaths, but i’d already talked about that, didn’t i?
Hate is so easily weaponized bcs it’s there, it’s not reinvented…
Of course it is. Its rarely purely irrational tho. as you said it yourself, we always try to come up with a reason, even if it was purely emotional in the first place
And its not like it will go anywhere, especially with the way of thinking this post promotes.
If that (the quote) would be the case then ppl would also try to correct…
Except not everybody has a developed analytical thinking. Some people intentionally mute their inner voice. It’s especially in the modern day, when you have music, videos, news or memes in practically infinite capacity. It’s disturbingly easy to just turn off your brain.
That’s because it’s hard to empathize with a group of people. Empaiy is always about individuals.
Yes, but I see that as a distinct lack of empathy.
Lazy brain also doesn’t have issues thinking about how to benefit itself over others in contrast of the way it can stop being emphatic about others.
We were hardwired to that.
And the only way to evolve is through powering through urges like that ‘laziness about empathy’, or just live as we always have (but now on global destructive level with basically 0 realistic/actionable chances of going extinct).
Yes, but I see that as a distinct lack of empathy.
And why so? As i already said, groups are inherently abstract. We don’t empathize with groups, we empathize sith individuals inside of them.
Blind devotion to a group is not empathy, it’s tribalism, and is inherently leading to “us vs them” mentality, that every politician loves so much to leverage.
And the only way to evolve is through powering through urges like that…
By powering yourself through, you’ll just wear yourself down, feeling absolutely miserable before snapping into apathy. It’s a completely unrealistic and unfair expectation towards anybody, not far from christian dogmatics.
That’s because it’s hard to empathize with a group of people. Empaiy is always about individuals. The “group” is an inherently more abstract term.
they don’t think about helping others in the first place. Brain is a lazy machine, it won’t spend its cycles thinking if everybody in the neighborhood is feeling allright. This adds up with our inability to empathize with groups, making thinking of others only more costly.
That’s why one’s empathy always has a scope, and so do the good intentions.
And some people are just egotistic psychopaths, but i’d already talked about that, didn’t i?
Of course it is. Its rarely purely irrational tho. as you said it yourself, we always try to come up with a reason, even if it was purely emotional in the first place
And its not like it will go anywhere, especially with the way of thinking this post promotes.
Except not everybody has a developed analytical thinking. Some people intentionally mute their inner voice. It’s especially in the modern day, when you have music, videos, news or memes in practically infinite capacity. It’s disturbingly easy to just turn off your brain.
Yes, but I see that as a distinct lack of empathy.
Lazy brain also doesn’t have issues thinking about how to benefit itself over others in contrast of the way it can stop being emphatic about others.
We were hardwired to that.
And the only way to evolve is through powering through urges like that ‘laziness about empathy’, or just live as we always have (but now on global destructive level with basically 0 realistic/actionable chances of going extinct).
Blind devotion to a group is not empathy, it’s tribalism, and is inherently leading to “us vs them” mentality, that every politician loves so much to leverage.
By powering yourself through, you’ll just wear yourself down, feeling absolutely miserable before snapping into apathy. It’s a completely unrealistic and unfair expectation towards anybody, not far from christian dogmatics.