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Being emotionally invested in the well-being of others has its costs, especially when looking deeper into things exposes you to injustice you could have ignored
by an_ko 10y ago
Being emotionally invested in the well-being of others has its costs, especially when looking deeper into things exposes you to injustice you could have ignored before.
- GunboatDiplomat 10y agoThat seems like an argument for minimal emotional involvement in others.
- an_ko 10y agoIt's just a fact, presenting the negative side of such involvement, because that was sufficient for pointing out the flaw in the parent post's reasoning. The positive side is that it gives you a fuller picture and experience of the world. Whether it's better to be a "a fool satisfied or Socrates dissatisfied" is one for the ages though.