Byzantine Empathy

一个关于区块链的小故事。但最有趣的部分其实两位主人公：我——一位中国女孩，和大学时代的美国室友Sophia的关系。借用技术这个故事外壳讲了相当多「中美思维」的冲突。读的时候很难不带入这就是作者本人的心情／经历。
Sophia是一个对自己非常自信，事事都能自己说服自己的人。而我是一个用情感思考的人。故事的高潮是p.130-132上两人的对质，借我之口这样说：
This was how I knew we would never be as close as I had hoped. She had given as a means to persuade, not because she felt what I felt.
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Sophia isn't wrong. Not exactly. But there's a greater principle here that she doesn't see. The world doesn't always proceed the way predicted by theories of economics or international relations. If every decision is made with Sophia's calculus, then order, stability, empire, always win. There will never be any change, any independence, any justice. We are, and should be, creatures of the heart first.
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"Emotion has always been at the core of what it means to do right, not merely a tool for persuasion. Are you opposed to slavery because you have engaged in a rational analysis of the costs and benefits of the institution? No, it's because you're revolt by it. You empathize with the victims. You feel its wrongness in your heart."
我想这是很多人的切身体会，就是别人的理性无法穿透自己切身的情感体验。但是，这个故事并未设置两个不同情感体验的人有没有可能互相理解？很希望能看到这一点。不管如何，这篇写的很好。