{"id":2407,"date":"2017-02-02T21:05:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T02:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2017-02-02T21:05:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T02:05:49","slug":"how-i-want-to-relate-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/how-i-want-to-relate-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Want to Relate to You"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back I was thinking about our tendency to generalize: to take specific instances and apply them broadly. Our ability to make such mental associations may help us make sense of the world, so long as the associations make sense, but sometimes they fail to represent the whole (or even a large part of the whole). In particular, our generalizations often fail when we observe the actions or hear the words of specific people and act as if they apply to an entire cohort of people.<\/p>\n

I don’t want to do that to you. I’d prefer it if you didn’t do that to me, either.<\/p>\n

I want to relate to you on the basis of your individuality, your own unique nature, and whatever we might find we have in common.<\/p>\n