Empathy (in its original formulation, rather than the current sappy one) is seeing the world from another's eyes without necessarily embracing the view. Understanding is entertaining ideas without necessarily agreeing with them. That's all gone now.
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Empathy doesn't necessarily lead to sympathy. It might inspire contempt when the other's POV is fully grasped. But what's common now is contempt due to cluelessness: neither side really understands the other, thus the focus on delegitimizing rather than debunking beliefs.
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A symptom of teaching generations self-expression & self-discovery vs facts, logic, cause and effect. How can these generations produce clear and elegant conclusions when they've never been taught how to think about thinking?
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I would probably agree with this if I took the time to figure out what you said.
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Part of serious thinking involves the confrontation with uncertainty....
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Hmm I think it’s better to intellectually focus on framing (Which is always there) actually. This is more powerful and where the true politics is played!
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