Hannah Arendt spoke about the banality of evil. And how when studying evil in action, the evidence points to one thing. A rather unexpected thing. Not lack of empathy, or a fondness for logic. No, none of the above.
The thing was so much simpler: a failure to think deeply!
The greatest indicator of not committing evil acts, after all, is deep thinking.
And as for empathy... perhaps the autistic tendency is simply towards being more universally empathetic, and less partisan.
End of 🧵
#Neurodiversity #Fairness #StructuralInequality
K. J. Elphinstone
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