On Empathy: The Simple Things

I came across a story online, just a guy asking for help. He was confused, stuck, and needed external input. The comment section? Brutal. People called it a “no-brainer,” said he shouldn’t have needed to ask. That hit me.

It made me think about how much of what we call “common sense” is actually inherited skills, habits, knowledge, even character traits shaped by the environment we grew...