That’s an interesting story. I think the key thing missing here is the notion of “well-being”. When designing with well-being in mind (of end-user, community,

That’s an interesting story. I think the key thing missing here is the notion of “well-being”. When designing with well-being in mind (of end-user, community, society, ecology), then sympathy, empathy, and compassion all makes more sense. (Though I disagree with how Chopra distinguishes among those terms). I don’t think males are incapable of it. We’re socialized to reject it, but we all need it in some way or another.