
…eeling with. Compassion is feeling with, with the end goal of ending the suffering for that person. Compassion requires us to be open to taking on the emotions, thoughts, and experience of someone else, with the intent of improving that person’s experience. It’s a key difference: without the intent there, it’s easy to brush aside the experiences. Feeling …
…re to say sports are great, or that designers need to watch more sports. No. It’s deeper than that: I don’t believe you can be a strong designer without empathy. And the first step towards empathy is not making fun of what other people enjoy.