This struck me as extraordinary: “My strongest early memory is of my dad dragging me through very deep snow on a sled,” he said. “I looked up at him and he see

This struck me as extraordinary: “My strongest early memory is of my dad dragging me through very deep snow on a sled,” he said. “I looked up at him and he seemed annoyed at me. Perhaps it was tough work, dragging me, or perhaps I had been crying. And I realized that—hang on—he’s actually a real person, with his own perception of things. It’s not just me looking at things; he is also looking at things.” I wonder if it's rare for someone so little to experience empathy so powerfully. Certainly I don't recall realizing anything like that until much later. The whole story about Notch and his father is very moving.