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What is an important core value for you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Curiosity

Cultivated/dispositional interest in patterns, novel ideas and stimuli, people, and having a broadened model of the world + life

I affectionately call it "the 'Cure" (like yore)

Try to keep it to one word for the answer and feel free to add other details below, i know its a weird stipulation but play along ;)

Others

Empathy/Compassion

Positivity

Reliabillity

Honesty

Integrity

Humor

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"Empathy/Compassion", "Positivity", "Reliabillity", "Honesty", "Integrity"

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[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Love

Being genuinely interested in helping other people. While there are (many?) truly nasty people out there, assuming the worst from others as a default only contributes to the problem. I've been there before, and I have no desire of returning.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

“I have seen the truth; I have seen and I know that people can be beautiful and happy. ... I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind.” (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)