When caring cuts both ways — how feeling for others can heal or harm. In this seventh episode of IdeaWeave, Maya and Leo unravel The Empathy Dilemma — why our most celebrated virtue can also mislead us. They explore how empathy binds us together yet blinds us to those beyond our circle, how too much feeling can drain us, and why compassion guided by reason may serve the world better than raw emotion. From neuroscience to moral philosophy, they ask: can we care wisely — without burning out or turning away?

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