@worrydream What might that look like?
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@worrydream Or, perhaps, *feel* like?
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Empathy results from seeing and understanding the larger system that you and others are embedded in, seeing *why* others act as they do.
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A medium can show context and connections. Without context, you assume ill intentions in others. WIth context, you can think systemically.
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@worrydream I believe that is an impossible, dangerous idea. C.f. Novels, photography, Sontag -
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@natematias I don't mean engendering empathy through emotional appeal! The opposite -- by seeing the bigger picture and many perspectives. - Show replies
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@worrydream it's hard to work in generalities, but I think of fails in the tech + urban planning space, as well as lots of Feminist sts -
@worrydream and the moral difficulty that sometimes happens to presidents once they get information overload. They can *stop* listening
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@worrydream I may write a blog post. Either way, will get links to you. Thanks for thinking/tweeting this important questionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ftrain Empathy or pity? All of those are "monsters vs victims" stories. True empathy would be understanding the monsters. -
@worrydream@ftrain loved Neil Gaimans latest: 'of course monsters are scared. That's what makes them monsters.'
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