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“Disasters occur organically in my work, in that that's the way my thinking tends, more than that's what I start out by planning. I'm sort of a catastrophist.”

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Jim Shepard

Jim Shepard is an American author born on December 29, 1956. His works are known for their unique narrative techniques and profound insights into social issues. more

“I love the box that such a decision puts you in, and I love the interest the reader has in seeing how you negotiate that box: that seemingly hugely narrowed set of options. I also like the way in which it reminds us that we connect to the real world. That our relationship to the world matters.”

World Way Real Matter Interest Decision Seeing Reader Boxes Real World Our Relationship

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“I do find stories - or literary fiction - an apt form for analyzing the world. And especially for trying to imagine the other. An agenda, again, that seems more important now than ever.”

World Trying Important Stories Seems Form Fiction Imagine Agendas Analyzing

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“I don't think conservativism is about a deficiency. I think it's about a commitment to an ideology that has to in some ways devalue the usefulness of empathy. I do think empathy can be learned. And enhanced.”

Thinking Way Empathy Commitment Ideology Usefulness Deficiency Devalue

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“Empathy is a human trait. But lots of humans exercise some traits more energetically than others. By "the usefulness of empathy" I mean the way in which a progressive might claim that empathy is a crucial aspect of any benign political system, and the way a conservative might argue that not only is it not necessary, but it might not even be all that helpful, in that regard.”

Way Humans Mean Might Political Exercise Empathy Aspect Claims Regard Conservative Arguing Helpful Progressive Crucial Traits Usefulness Political Systems Benign

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