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I agree that overly emotion based decision making can lead to stagnation. I often perceive the close mindedness you mention to be a problem with the allocation
by drewmol 8y ago
I agree that overly emotion based decision making can lead to stagnation. I often perceive the close mindedness you mention to be a problem with the allocation of empathy. It takes a lot of emotional maturity and measure to empathise with the bad guys as well.
- ksdale 8y agoThis is an underappreciated point. In a sense, it's only empathy for the "bad" guys that matters. Everyone treats the "good" guys well, regardless of empathy. Empathy is exactly what allows you to treat the bad guys like the good guys, in the sense of according them basic decency and good faith. If you only give empathy to those who "deserve" it, you're basically doing the same thing as people who have no empathy and just treat people well or badly based on arbitrary tribal markers.
- everdrive 8y agoGiven this line of argument, I'm too used to seeing empathy poorly allocated. And would agree with your initial point.