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Lumifer comments on Open Thread May 30 - June 5, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: Elo 30 May 2016 04:51AM

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Comment author: cousin_it 31 May 2016 04:23:07PM 1 point [-]

Fair point. But did the media always draw such a big proportion of the attention we could've spent on each other?

Comment author: Lumifer 31 May 2016 05:46:10PM *  5 points [-]

It's not a media issue. Think about how much empathy and attention did Jesus and his army of saints consume X-)

But generally speaking, I don't buy the "empathizing with your neighbor gives them 10 points of utility, but doesn't give you anything" assertion. That's not how human interaction works.