The antidote to being a jerk is empathy. And thankfully it appears to be hard-wired in the human brain. And yet ... we’re increasingly casting off the ability to walk a mile in another person's shoes.
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04/05/17 • 30 min
The Stuff of Life - The Empathy Wall
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Yeah. You enter a crowded elevator, you walk down the street, or you navigate a busy airport, passing by a blur of faces, sometimes hundreds and mere seconds. You scan the crowd, and the subconscious borders go up, pushing against the tide of humanity. You might see traces of anxiety, anger, or sadness, but you blot out these recognitions. You have your own emotions to deal with, You have places to go. You are you and they are they. If you could
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