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shwajtoday at 5:16 PM1 replyview on HN

It’s manipulative if you don’t care and pretend you do, especially to achieve a goal of your own.

It’s not manipulative if you cultivate the tendency to actually care about others, and not treat them like NPCs who are only important for your goals.


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djeastmtoday at 9:18 PM

>if you cultivate the tendency to actually care about others

I suppose this is the question: can caring about others be "cultivated" or is it something we do without being able to affect how much we do it?