“We started out at one point talking about how evolution involves creating ever greater circles of empathy: You belong to your family, then you belong to your tribe, then two tribes link up and now you have empathy for your people on this side of the river, and you’re against the people on the other side of the river … on and on through villages, cities, states and nations…. So what if a more literal form of empathy could be triggered in eight individuals around the planet … who suddenly became mentally aware of each other, able to communicate as directly as if they were in the same room. How would they react? What would they do?”
—J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI, CO-CREATOR, SENSE8 ON NETFLIX
Chapter 7
Character Empathy vs. Sympathy
How and Why We Align ...
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