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Being empathic is different from "understanding people". Psychopaths and narcissists often have a good understanding of many people, which they use to manipula
by aleph_minus_one 9mo ago
Being empathic is different from "understanding people".
Psychopaths and narcissists often have a good understanding of many people, which they use to manipulate them, but psychopaths and narcissists are not what most people would call "empathic".
- sdf2erf 9mo agoThey dont understand people. They understand how to control people, which is completely different from the context of building products that people want - which requires an understanding of peoples tastes and preferences.
- aleph_minus_one 9mo ago> which is completely different from the context of building products that people want - which requires an understanding of peoples tastes and preferences. Rather: it requires an understanding how to manipulate people into loving/wanting your product.