the limits of empathy

[cris]

I am not usually one to just randomly turn on the TV and watch whatever's on, but I recently reorganized my living room, the effort for which involved disassembling and re-assembling the stereo, then testing everything to make sure that I had properly reconnected the cable and wasn't redirecting my center channel into my subwoofer. That was how I

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[ahaseurus]

....or chose the right parents, the right year, or the right colors of skin, hair, and eyes.

[ahaseurus]

erk. sorry about that, comment was for another post.

[ayun]

I'm so glad you posted this because I was curious about your reaction to Vargas's story and never actually got around to asking you in person.

Your point about encouraging the hustle at the expense of changing the rules is really incisive - it echoes a lot of philosophical arguments that social movements have internally. There's also the class of hustlers whose hustle is publicly criticizing those who followed the rules, or hustled less successfully. I generally respect the hustle, but that particular version of it infuriates me.