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CCF's avatar

...and Putin's "cognitive empathy" ? That's not just a quip, but a serious query about how this nonzero perspective should play out when both 'sides' don't embrace cognitive empathy.

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Robert Wright's avatar

Well, I noted near the top of the piece that I thought Putin might lack insight into Biden's current political situation. That aside, I think it's valuable to exercise cognitive empathy even when the person you're directing it toward isn't exercising it. (And I mean valuable from *your* perspective.) In other words: Whether or not Putin understands us, it's in our interest to understand him.

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