I sort of want to put together a quiz to try to gauge empathy and willingness to participate as a member of society. There’d be questions like :
You are asked for guidance from an acquaintance. Do you :
- Answer the question to the best of your ability?
- Apologize for not being able to answer their question and… not answer their question? (when really you could)
- Not reply?
- Answer purposely sabotaging them so that they will not interfere with your OWN goals?
- Insult them for their ignorance?
As above, but online!
I don’t really know how many questions there would have to be, and the answers would have pretty simple point values… and then you’d tally things up. A bunch of A’s would probably give you lots of points, but a couple of C’s and D’s wouldn’t be worth much, and even just a couple of E’s could put your score into negative territories.
Assuming honest answers, people with perfect scores would be allowed to run for leadership positions but would also be arbitrarily assigned “protectors” to keep them from being taken advantage of. People with pretty high scores would clearly be role models and be “auto-followed” by people on social media… people with median and average scores would just sort of move along with their Lives and probably won’t care about what they’re being denied… However, individuals who scored low would be automatically “not followed” on social media and blocked from management and teaching positions as well as disallowed from running for public office. Hit lower and into the negatives and they aren’t invited to parties. Beyond that, they’re not invited to exit their homes because they’re not fit to hang with the rest of humanity. Discounted Amazon and gaming accounts, but few opportunities to mix freely with online or in-person society, blocked from online interactions with anyone but those in the top two tiers (right? Because maybe they can be influenced positively? Maybe not – because trolls DO try to drag everyone down to their level)
I guess – I’m a believer in personal freedom in regards to … persons. But in society as a whole, respect for said society takes on more weight than personal freedom. If you don’t want to positively integrate with the world, that’s your prerogative, but you shouldn’t be allowed to negatively influence it.
(inspired by someone responding to a question about the music industry with “if you were good at your job, this wouldn’t be a question” – cause, why answer a question when you can just insult people instead?)
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