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FlipboardWhen did we all start to believe that to be brilliant means you must be unbearable, and that kindness is “mediocrity in disguise?” Yet another brilliant piece from <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Daojoan</a>, who looks at the myth of the tortured genius and the real damage they leave in their wake. <a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/stop-conflating-genius-with-asshole/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.joanwestenberg.com/stop-conflating-genius-with-asshole/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Startups</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Empathy</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

NonilexEXACTLY what a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SOCIOPATH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SOCIOPATH</a> would say:<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> has a…diagnosis of what’s *ailing* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a>: It’s being destroyed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a>. In a long interview w/Joe Rogan, in numerous tweets…, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> has argued that “empathy” is a “suicidal” trait that is a driving force behind civilizational extinction. It is time, he believes, for “the West”…to bar its doors to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> of a *certain type* & endure “temporary hardship” so govt can be transformed & “the woke mind virus will die.”<a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/elon-musk-cant-take-the-heat-wisconsin-supreme-court-empathy-doge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/elon-musk-cant-take-the-heat-wisconsin-supreme-court-empathy-doge/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München: Philosophy: cultural differences in exploitation of artificial agents. “People in the United States and Europe take advantage of robots significantly more often than people in Japan. The researchers suggest this difference stems from guilt: In the West, people feel remorse when they exploit another human but not when they exploit a machine. In Japan, […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/27/philosophy-cultural-differences-in-exploitation-of-artificial-agents-ludwig-maximilians-universitat-munchen/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/27/philosophy-cultural-differences-in-exploitation-of-artificial-agents-ludwig-maximilians-universitat-munchen/</a>

MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GottaLaff</a> THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT ONE WOULD EXPECT from a group of people with no <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Empathy</a>.A lack of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Empathy</a> is the key trait of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Psychopaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Psychopaths</a> (and corporate moguls)… and our government is now over run with them (starting with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheOrangeMenace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheOrangeMenace</a> himself.) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RunGovLikeABusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RunGovLikeABusiness</a>

csIn assessing the Nazis at Nuremberg, Psychologist GM Gilbert wrote: “I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I’ve come close to defining it: a lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants. A genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow man. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.” (1950) "Saved by the City" podcast assess new movement among "conservative Christians" that says <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> is sinful... <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Rigney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rigney</a> <a href="https://religionnews.com/2025/03/06/empathy-is-now-a-sin-really/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://religionnews.com/2025/03/06/empathy-is-now-a-sin-really/</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Woe is M-ElonThe world's richest man is embarking on a public victimhood tour. <a href="https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/woe-is-m-elon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/woe-is-m-elon</a>"When <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> laments the left not being adequately empathetic & caring, the real question should be: why is it acceptable that his <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#political</a> party [the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a>] openly does not care about people?...So when Musk wonders why the party of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> & caring doesn’t like him, it’s precisely because they are the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/party" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#party</a> of empathy & caring."<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a>

Jeri DanskyPizza Cake Comic is new to me, but I loved this one on the supposed sin of empathy: <a href="https://pizzacakecomic.com/post/778398442536976384" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pizzacakecomic.com/post/778398442536976384</a>h/t <a href="https://mastodon.social/@flyingsquirrel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@flyingsquirrel</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WebComic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebComic</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a>

Anne Reis | SoundsVegan.comDisabled By Society just shared this. Thought you might like it. ♥️Enjoy your weekend!<a href="https://veganism.social/tags/DisabledBySociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DisabledBySociety</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/DisabilityInclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DisabilityInclusion</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inclusion</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/DEIB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEIB</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diversity</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a>

Ingeborg<a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@knittingknots2</a> They really approach it as troubleshooting a machine that does not perform as they want and they are clueless where the problem is. But you can not fix a system when you do not understand its purpose. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️"does the plan have to be this <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cruel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cruel</a> to the most vulnerable <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Americans</a>? As I see it, the cruelty is a feature, not a bug.After all, gratuitous, seemingly gleeful <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cruelty</a> has been a hallmark of DOGE’s operations...We’re mostly talking about poorly socialized young <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/men" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#men</a> suddenly given the power to ruin other people’s lives, taking their cues from a leader who has declared that “the fundamental weakness of Western society is <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a>.” <a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/smears-sadism-and-social-security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/smears-sadism-and-social-security</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doge</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Martin RustSomeone please tell him it's <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> he's begging for. <a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@georgetakei</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ketamine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ketamine</a>

Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@DrALJONES</a> Has anyone suggested yet, Dr Jones, that the fundamental weakness of western civilization is Elon Musk and other people like him? That is to say morbidly rich entitled fuckwits with too much power and wealth and too little empathy. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Empathy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WesternCivilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WesternCivilization</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TuckersBalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TuckersBalls</a>

Melancholic Mediocrity :v_bi:<a href="https://beige.party/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Empathy</a> is really the very essence of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanity</a>. I'm sorry but if you lack empathy, you aren't human, you are a malignant tumor -- hellbent on destroying its host (society).

MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<a href="https://climatejustice.social/@notwhatwethink" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@notwhatwethink</a> The most distinguishing feature of Psychopaths/Sociopaths is a lack of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a>.

Mx. Luna CorbdenDan McClellan is a BYU Bible scholar. He's chosen the correct fork in the great divide of these times. This is a good talk on empathy's role in society.<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/exmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exmo</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/exmormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exmormon</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/lds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lds</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/mormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mormon</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AbuseCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseCulture</a><a href="https://youtu.be/2z8DEF6b54I" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/2z8DEF6b54I</a>

Ian KremerAs carers, we don't need anyone imposing their judgment on us. We welcome those who offer <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> and tangible support.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Alzheimers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alzheimers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dementia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a>

HuisOpDeGaard 🇾🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@nazgul" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nazgul</a> The banality of evil In addition to my earlier post on the importance of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hannaharendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hannaharendt</a> , <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arendt</a> also ‘coined’ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thebanalityofevil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thebanalityofevil</a> . Not ‘evil’ as we commonly define, but carried out by ‘normal people’ in a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/totalitarianSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#totalitarianSystem</a> losing the characteristics we would normally recognise as evil. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> is rapidly evolving in such a system under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a>. Recognize the systems and speak out! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Km0LQCK-9I" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Km0LQCK-9I</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Fascinating how people (<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vance</a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> et al) with no empathy (in fact, who celebrate its absence) nevertheless want it, expect it from others.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Empathy</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Karma</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Fascinating how people (<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vance</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> et al) with no empathy (in fact, who celebrate its absence) nevertheless want it, expect it from others.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Empathy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Karma</a>

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