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Two weeks ago, in Cultivating Empathy: My Journey to Understand, I shared this fairly common definition of empathy: the ability to walk in the shoes of another person, to live their life momentarily, to understand the world inside their head.  And I asked, Won’t more empathy make the world saner, safer, and more just? Today,… more »
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We’re back with our series on civil discourse today, moving on to FROG.   Yes.  I’m tickled too.   Do you dread neighborhood gatherings because they always end in a political argument?   Do you secretly cringe when your seat mate on the commuter line you frequent says, “our government is finally on the right track” ? Are you curious… more »
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This is a post on what is called “The Backfire Effect.” Essentially, it holds that: Confronting a belief with facts to the contrary only strengthens the initial belief. I was discouraged when I sat down to write this post. How could it be, I wondered, that so many people were clinging so tenaciously to a candidate so obviously (to… more »
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