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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Replying to @worrydream
@worrydream I believe that is an impossible, dangerous idea. C.f. Novels, photography, Sontag2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@natematias I don't mean engendering empathy through emotional appeal! The opposite -- by seeing the bigger picture and many perspectives.7 replies 7 retweets 24 likes -
Replying to @worrydream
@worrydream I think this desire for "bigger picture" itself tends against empathy. So does "many perspectives" often1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
Replying to @natematias
@worrydream I see empathy as a way of being we learn from others who live that way. Without that, we can bend any medium away from empathy1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@natematias Certainly, but need both! Literacy is literate culture + literate medium. And media naturally bend one way or other (Postman).
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