The Importance Of Seeing Others
This is a huge topic and (I think) an important one in modern life. It feels like there’s a lot of hand-wringing about people not “seeing” each other in the last five years, and/or talking past each other (or not talking at all). This is largely because of the partisan bullshit we wade around in every day, which got sent into hyper-drive by COVID, Trump, weird liberal assertions about gender and police, and “the schools.” It can feel like no one is having a conversation. It can feel like empathy and connection are on the decline. I think most people have felt this at least once or twice, if not 200 times.
Well, into this wades a good David Brooks column — it’s really kind of him promoting his own book, but whatever — about being human and seeing others.
Up top, you have the essential summary of the entire article:
People want to connect. Above almost any other need, human beings long to have another person look into their faces with love…
