Listen to This Essay: War and Mindfulness

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Listen to This Essay: War and Mindfulness

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Listen to This Essay: War and Mindfulness

The case against emoting.

Sep 06, 2022

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War and Mindfulness

The other day someone on Twitter said this about me: “I feel shocked by Robert's dissociated quality of thought lately. It's almost like he's autistic.” I asked for elaboration and got this in reply: “*Dissociated* meaning disconnected from emotion. From your work on meditation and empathy, I'd have expected a much more visceral sense from you of how Ukrainians feel right now…

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