What if Irony is Judging Others for Lacking Empathy?
For our behaviors to change,
our emotions
may have to change
first.
For our emotions to change,
our thoughts
may have to change
first.
For our thoughts to change
our focus
may have to change
first.
For our focus to change
our perspective
may have to change
first.
Other people’s perspectives
are not ours
to take.
The perspectives
we can take from others
are none other
than our own.
May we not confuse
our own perspectives
with that
of others.
Even if the perspective
is shared.
When doing something
big.
To think that
we
can carry the weight
alone
is a misunderstanding.
To think that
anyone
can or will carry the weight
with us
is also a misunderstanding.
It may be that
finding people
who can and will carry the weight
with us
and learning to share that weight
with them
is a major part of the work
itself.
I don’t know
when “passion”
started to refer
to what we like.
Passion
used to refer to
something that must be
endured.
Something
for which we are willing
to suffer
greatly.
In the preface of my book,
I talked about the layman’s struggle
to understand
software.
10 years since then,
I find myself—
a formally trained computer scientist—
struggling
to understand
software.
Not because I don’t understand
how the software
works,
but because despite knowing
how the software
works,
what it does
is still
bewildering.
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In our second episode of the season, we host Luke Segars, Co-Founder and CTO of Subsalt.
Having experienced both the positive and the negative impact of culture, Luke wants to ensure that the company he leads becomes an example of the former. In this episode, we explore his inquiry into building such a culture from scratch.
Often times
what we are doing
is nothing more
than exploring.
At the heart
of an exploration
is the fact
that we don’t know.
We may try to make it seem
like it is more
than a mere exploration,
by saying we have
a question
a vision,
or a hypothesis.
But deep down,
we know
we are simply
exploring.
I cannot believe
it’s been 10 years
since the publication
of my book.
To celebrate this occasion
and to share my work more broadly,
I’m launching a 10-part series
of short writings (mostly 1 pagers)
on empathy.
Click here to gain access at free-of-charge.
This is a work-
in-progress.
You can comment on it
so as to influence my direction
The first 6 parts
have already been published.
I plan to publish the other 4
throughout the year.
When using
a table saw,
there is the danger
of severing
our fingers.
What’s remarkable
is that so long as we have
a clear understanding of the danger
in using the table saw
many of us find it sufficient
to work up the courage
to engage with it
despite the danger,
instead of staying stuck
in the thought
of severing our fingers
which merely gives rise
to fear.