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War is the tragic shadow cast by minds that can no longer feel one another. Relevant patterns are functionally dead. To counter this, the restoration of Compassion is not idealistic; it is structurally necessary. When related mental patterns revive, war no longer seems logical. Peace does not need to be imposed. It comes from the Read the full article…
Manipulation of Empathy
Since empathy is a primordially social reflex, manipulation of empathy is relatively easy and can rightly be called ‘sociopathy’. Unfortunately, this is not seldom in politics worldwide. People are ‘natural empathizers’ but diverse in form and object. For example: empathy for close circle (family, ‘own people’…) versus empathy for wide circle (‘human rights’…). Thus, even Read the full article…
Is Compassionate A.I. Efficient?
Compassion sounds ethical, humane, perhaps even soft. Efficiency sounds practical, competitive, and results-focused. Put the two together, and many people instinctively expect a compromise. Yet perhaps Compassion is not a limitation on efficiency but its deepest form. To see this, we need to look more closely at what efficiency really means, what games we are Read the full article…