2026-09-19 09:36 UTC
@rhelune@todon.eu
I thought I was going to hate Paul Bloom's book, 'Against Empathy' (as I'm very like you and I...um...empathise!!), but I actually really loved it.
I've also thought so much about how empathy relates to power and powerlessness... I've written about that too, since again it's so fascinating (https://www.neurofabulous.org.uk/what-power-does.html)
I've tended to find it astonishing at first (is empathy about....logistics?!) but then it seems to satisfy something in me that yearns for...oh... logic 😂
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@rhelune@todon.eu 2026-09-19 09:54
@KatyElphinstone@mas.to I read it, some years ago, pretty sure I gave it 3/5 in my notebook, too lazy to check. I do agree about philanthropy / charity and justice. But I do believe that those with selective empathy (the majority, really) otherize certain nations, genders, ethnicities, religious groups, or, at the very least, species.