Jae Park

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The goal of this blog is to provide useful frameworks that can help one navigate discussions around psychology, society, and politics. Below is a non-exhaustive list of important ideas I think everyone should internalize. Figure 1: Heatmap of Empathy There is a big observable difference between people who identify as conservatives and liberals on how much they care about people and things around them. The above figure does a great job at explaining the difference between the two. The key takeaway is how comparatively, conservatives do not assign as much moral value to people outside their acquaintances (ring 5) while most liberals assign at least some (please read the full study, it's very interesting). I also believe this indirectly shows how each of us has a finite amount of total empathy, and that in general the more we direct our empathy to abstract entities, the less we have for real entities close to us, and vice versa. Humans inherently strive to be a member of a group. Evolutio

The Human Codex Politics is exhausting. Say the wrong things to the wrong people, and you're suddenly on a witch hunt -- as the witch. You're also expected to know everything about everything. So, I've distilled some key ideas below which can take you pretty far in navigating discussions around psychology, society, and politics. Empathy Divide Figure 1: Heatmap of Empathy There is a big observable difference between people who identify as conservatives and liberals on how much they care about people and things around them. The above figure does a great job at explaining the difference…

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