Thank you for this thoughtful post and prompt

> What helps you to sympathize and communicate with others?

You and others have suggested good ideas. Another that I find useful is to always give something. It doesn’t have to be falsely giving in on a fact. It can be “Y’know I was thinking the exact same thing then I ran into this paper!” or “This is interesting, I hadn’t thought of it this way. And...”

I think the tiniest, almost inconsequential gift and saving of face that that represents can totally change the tone of a conversation

Just my two cents