The Still Centre
meghnad 
Unpopular opinion: Expensive education makes you lose basic human empathy bit by bit.
সঙ্কর্ষণ | sankarshan@Memeghnad I'm tempted to debate that the exact opposite isn't true either. In other words, the characteristics of the circle of interactions have a direct bearing on the assimilation and processing of knowledge. Affordances are an important influence, but not the defining one. One would need to have some indoctrination in devaluation of human values in order to lack rational compassion.
Sadiq Kazi 🛍️@Memeghnad Couldn't agree more.
@Memeghnad agree. Would you say that Indian society values expensive education more than basic human empathy? Meaning, if one wanted to be "successful" in the commonly understood way, which of the two would one have to choose?
@Thestillcentre expensive education, of course. Our aspirational upbringing pushes us towards shedding basic empathy and working towards a life which is 'ruthless'. In our society, ruthlessness is admired, not empathy.
@Memeghnad and you see that play out in every touch-point-between-strangers within our society, isn't it? The one in power is, by default, ruthless towards the one who is powerless. Police-commoner, govt official-commoner, client-vendor, employer-employee, neighbors, road rage, etc.
This might have something to do with the rise of militant hindutva too, in my opinion.
Ruthlessness being valued more than empathy, is tearing our nation's social fabric apart.
vpt 🌌 ✨ 🇮🇳🇺🇲🇬🇧@Memeghnad It appears to be a feature of Indian professional education in general and tech education in particular.