IF IMAGINATION FUELS EMPATHY THEN DOES A SOCIETY THAT STRANGLES IMAGINATION WITH WORK AND AN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO IMAGINE ANYTHING SLOWLY LOSE EMPATHY
Adds a whole additional perspective to Neil Postman's classic.
And given that autism can be marked by a lack of empathy, I can well imagine that absorbing (and vacuous) electronic content from infancy is behind the autism epidemic
[yelling back over club music] When you think about it there could be whole ghost forests of dead plants and countless armies of all kinds of ghost creatures and microorganisms if spirits were real. So you either believe the unbelievable or live life like you are dying because you are
[Yelling back while dancing] Individually you can only forgive yourself and try to move on. If you hurt someone else, forgiveness is up to them. It sucks to be unforgiven sometimes but that's people dude. we hurt each other but it's not the end of the world. Learn from your actions and keep moving.
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And given that autism can be marked by a lack of empathy, I can well imagine that absorbing (and vacuous) electronic content from infancy is behind the autism epidemic
People will always have a problem with others depending on history with others.