Hrm actually I think you’re right. They are anticorrelated, so it may be right to say we wouldn’t expect it, but I think you can be empathetic/kind and hypercompetent. I think there’s some causal factor there where empathy erodes strength, but it’s probably not strong. Perhaps it’s just losing some competence time on task to different goals and skills.
This seems like a pretty damning thing to say about empathy and kindness. I’m not even sure that I’d go this far!
Hrm actually I think you’re right. They are anticorrelated, so it may be right to say we wouldn’t expect it, but I think you can be empathetic/kind and hypercompetent. I think there’s some causal factor there where empathy erodes strength, but it’s probably not strong. Perhaps it’s just losing some competence time on task to different goals and skills.