Real challenge: instead of seeing empathy as a personal virtue, design a medium that engenders empathy by default.https://twitter.com/DanielleFong/status/619707854144995328 …
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@worrydream wellll there are some historical examples of narrative engendering national empathy (uncle tom's cabin, My Lai, Hiroshima) -
@ftrain Empathy or pity? All of those are "monsters vs victims" stories. True empathy would be understanding the monsters. - 9 more replies
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@worrydream a difficulty I have is that a person's train of thought occurs over time, forming a story. Is there an alternative to narrative? -
@kongtomorrow "three central forms of thinking that are now in use: stories, logical arguments, and systems dynamics" http://worrydream.com/refs/Kay%20-%20Powerful%20Ideas%20Need%20Love%20Too.html … - 2 more replies
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@worrydream I think the why comes from subjective experience ie narrative and context is simply the aggregate of narratives -
@worrydream isn't the medium simply the aggregate of individual narratives with separately narrators? Is there a name for that.
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@worrydream if author has clear agenda, yes. but many of the best narratives boil down to an elegant weaving of multiple perspectivesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@worrydream@kovasb Good narratives work precisely to get readers to identify with those unlike them. It's not the only empathy generator.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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