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Life doesn't care how I feel, but _I_ do; and I want to live life in a way that makes me (and the people I care about) feel good. Empathy, imagination, and inno
by scubbo 3y ago
Life doesn't care how I feel, but _I_ do; and I want to live life in a way that makes me (and the people I care about) feel good. Empathy, imagination, and innovation are important for that - and fiction helps feed those.
- ikurei 3y agoEmpathy and imagination can be found in plenty of non-fiction. I enjoy reading fiction, mostly for escapism although the good ones also enrich me, but there is plenty of non-fiction that can feed those qualities. Non-fiction that focuses on the psychology, motives and feelings of people, and focuses on special, different , or creative individuals, might dk just that. The autobiography "Lab Girl" comes to mind.
- scubbo 3y agoFair point well made!
- deprecative 3y agoSure, you do. Most folks care about how they feel. Life doesn't. It won't. It can't.
- scubbo 3y agoYou accidentally only read the first ~1/5 of the comment.
- deprecative 3y agoThe first 1/5th was the only relevant portion to my comment so that's all I replied to. I only stated that life doesn't care. I never said anything about non-fiction, fiction, and/or empathy.