Empathy allows us to not share an experience with someone but recognize how the experience would affect someone. It is interesting that empathy does not require an emotional response and that it can be used as a “weapon” of some sort.

I think that if we are able to recognize that we will never know how an experience affected a person, and that experience has shaped who they are and that they have emotions around it whether good or bad. It allows us to connect with someone and understand them a bit more. I will never know what it is like to break my arm, but I can imagine it hurts and feel bad for someone who has. The idea that you do not need an emotional response to have empathy is a little confusing for me. If you do not feel sorry for someone who has broken their arm but can recognize that it must have hurt how are you able to connect with them? But we can all practice empthy and develop it as a skill rather than something we are just born with. If we work harder at it we are better at connecting and feeling empathy for other people. I think that this is something that everyone should be taught. Empathy can positively affect the world and people.