In my adult life, I’ve often been told that I have a high emotional intelligence. But, sometimes I wonder if that perception isn’t real; if it’s simply the result of my uncanny ability to learn a system’s mechanics and reproduce them convincingly. That I’m just acting. Making the right faces, saying the right words with the right inflection, taking notes & setting reminders… executing the mime vs. being genuinely moved. An empathy that’s more procedural than alive.
Also written on this day...
- conferrence - 2019
- best of 2010 - 2010
- in the bathroom - 2007
- roseola - 2006
- variations on a theme - 2005
- the donner party got nuthin' on us - 2004