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are we mindful and emphatic by nature?

• groby_b 7y ago
  Most people, left to their own devices, yes - in the small. It gets problematic in the large.
  • goatlover 7y ago
    > Most people, left to their own devices, yes - in the small. As long as people are part of the same tribe. Plenty of small communities who aren't terribly empathetic to outsiders, minorities or foreigners.
• Qwertystop 7y ago
  Some people are mindful and/or empathetic, and it's not inconceivable that more people would be if society/technology/whatever was more encouraging of it. "By nature" is not a useful qualifier here. Maybe it's nature, maybe it's nurture; either way, I for one think it would be better if more people were "mindful and empathetic", regardless of whether you attribute that gain to societal encouragement or the removal of societal discouragement.