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1865 || the empathy trap

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Too much empathy is not always a good thing. Human empathy is highly selective, which means it's not always "fair" or objective. Fortunately, there are ways to be empathetic, more fairly.


  1. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-problem-with/202605/the-problem-with-empathy
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Empathy
  3. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200930-can-empathy-be-bad-for-you


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