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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. One year of living alone after a difficult relationship is just healing, OP, and you need it. But it doesn't mean that companionship is over-rated. I think it's under-rated, actually. We need meaningful human connections to keep us from lacking empathy... the opposite of what one billionaire thinks. But those connections don't necessarily have to be romantic, and they don't necessarily mean you need to share your private spaces. Broaden your mind.[/quote]

You probably misunderstand what that billionaire meant.[/quote]

Point is, his autism warps his worldview. He himself doesn't need human connection, and he thinks empathy is over-rated. He's wrong.[/quote]

He's not wrong. Empathy is fine and needed on a micro, interpersonal level, but it does not scale well.[/quote]

You need a history refresher.

Empathy is what got you limited daily work hours, work-free weekends, paid time off, and sick leave. 
Empathy is what got you the modern healthcare system, however flawed it is in the US. 
Empathy is what got people pensions, and social security.
Empathy is what got people CPS (child protective services), and a nationwide alert system to look for missing children.

You have no clue how much you owe to people before you who were thoughtful and caring and who wanted others to live long and healthy lives and have some joy in the process.

You are so, so, blind. What a little worm you are.

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Yeah, no. Empathy is what has idiots try to craft policy tailored to the feelings of exceptional edge cases, no matter what distortions or malign second and third order effects it brings for the majority.  Empathy is what has people trying to humanize and cater to enemies who could give two shits about you, your family or their wellbeing. Empathy leads to the relaxation of standards and the degradation of culture that will eventually have you usurped by enemies who care not. Try again. [/quote]

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