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...define empathy? Empathy is sometimes defined by psychologists as some sort of high-level cognitive feat where you imagine how somebody else feels or how you would feel in their situation. But my definition is more focused on the whole of empathy, and that includes emotions. If you are sad and crying, it's not just that I try to imagine how you feel. But I feel for you, and I feel with you. (Read about what makes us moral...
...elders. Joe is motivated to consider revenge against Little not because of his brother’s death, but because of the emotional trauma caused by his mother, who blames him for Jim’s death. Since being released from prison, Little has found financial success as a sort of poster boy for reconciliation, helping inmates and former gang members come to terms with what they’ve done. Despite this, as the film progresses it becomes clear Little is as much of a victim as Joe Griffin. His guilt has prevented him from ever starting a family...
...knowing that this was something the University had made a priority, bringing the arts to Harvard.” It is really through this kind of symbolism that the Task Force itself, according to Pecci, has made the most impact.“I feel like that sort of ignited this fire now,” he says. “An excitement.”“Today, more than ever,” the Report declared, “artistic practice will need to contribute to intellectual inquiry and help construct new forms of social practice...
...bound by the stupidity of Chase, the invested reader will chomp at the bit for more and more information, but Lethem holds fast to his kernels of truth until their revelation is all the more satisfying. Every detail of the book gains retrospective significance as the puzzle pieces slowly sort themselves into place, making it almost necessary to read the book at least twice. There are very few discontinuities, and those that exist don’t hurt the text in any way. But Lethem’s aptitude with the pen has never been in question. A winner...
...Thayer and is now a professor at the Ohio State University, said that he was happy to hear the news but not surprised. “Matt [Hubbard] was one of those guys who always liked to laugh,” Fujita said. “He had sort of a charm to him and a glint in his eye. I’m not surprised he did so well for himself.” During his time at Harvard, Hubbard wrote for the Harvard Crimson and comped the Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used...