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Are we talking about Beeper Mini, or Apple?

Pretty much all Adtech comes to mind here.

This is IMO the exact spirit we should have

Is letting our hearts bleed for trillion dollar companies really the best way to spend our finite compassionate bandwidth?

Observing that a particular business model is very likely to fail because of the conflict with another business model that happens to have much more powerful backing requires no compassion spend.

But also, it seems to me that compassion is an involuntary reaction.

> also, it seems to me that compassion is an involuntary reaction.

Compassion is very much a quality that can be developed and nurtured.

I believe you're talking about capacity for compassion, and I'm speaking of the triggering of compassion.

I'd agree that both capacity and scope of triggers can be altered, but it seems to me that that's a process that takes some time and effort. Distinct from choosing in the moment "I am going to feel a certain way about this, right now".