"Empathy is I want to show you by my face in response to your situation that I'm aware of what you're dealing with and I'm empathetic," she says. "I don't usually think of them as related but they are, which it's rather I actually have real curiosity not famed emotional support for a real even if I care about you."
In our highly polarized times, everyone seems obsessed with the truth: what is it, who has it, and which side's got it all wrong. What we don't seem to care about, says journalist Monica Guzman, is the truth behind perspectives other than our own. Listen as Guzman and host Russ Roberts discuss Guzman's book I Never Thought of It That Way, a call to get interested in the people behind the positions, and the experiences, hopes, and fears that lead to their beliefs. Guzman and Roberts also discuss the role of great questions in sparking meaningful conversations, and how we can not only get along with, but even learn from, those with whom we ardently disagree.