I feel that's exactly what the op was saying in response to gp? There's a spectrum, and while we should have increased empathy and awareness of a LOT of places

I feel that's exactly what the op was saying in response to gp? There's a spectrum, and while we should have increased empathy and awareness of a LOT of places in the world where life is spectacularly rough and wildly different than ours (2 years of my childhood were in a civil war and my Canadian wife just cannot fathom any of those experiences), there are indeed a lot of places in the world where knowledge and access and technology are helpful.