Sarah Wong
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Sarah Wong
We can’t address the decline in empathy without addressing the decline in attention. Empathy requires a degree of sustained focus:
Paying attention to an experience someone is sharing
Recalling experiencing a similar emotional response
Sitting with your own and the other person’s inner state
When we are fragmented and distracted, we simply can... See more
Dr. Samaiya Mushtaqsubstack.comWhat I’d done was to put my own journey of exploration out there for others to be a part of.
the mere fact that a region is racially and ethnically diverse does not automatically mean that people are interacting more across lines of difference, or that they want to. 78 There also needs to be infrastructure and programming that helps to facilitate interactions across difference, and a culture of connection that helps to bolster such efforts... See more
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“What unites everybody around Pittsburgh is the sports. Sports unites a lot of people from all different areas around the city that meet up at that sports stadium.” — Charlie, a 64-year-old politically unaffiliated white woman from Pittsburgh
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“The first thing I did that was fun when I got to Kansas City was go to a music festival. I think it was either jazz or like a Caribbean festival, and it was full of all types of people...So I think music brings us together.” — Andres, 57-year-old conservative Latino man from Kansas City “It just seems the whole community really rallies around thei... See more
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people report that they want to have experiences with others that focus on common goals and shared interests. They also want these interactions to come from a place of mutual respect and understanding.
