228: Suffering on behalf of others does not really help them
The Positive Head Podcast · Brandon Beachum
August 3, 201638m 36s
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Show Notes
Brandon discusses an idea, prompted by a listener's message, that feeling empathy for other people's suffering is natural, but allowing their suffering to affect us deeply is counterproductive. Dalien also reports on a new scientific theory that the Universe did not begin with the "Big Bang".