Eh, I've never been particularly good at these things, as much as I want to, I fear I don't have the self-awareness required to give a fair assessment.
Ironically, the above thought clued me in to a possible answer. I covet that kind of awareness, and more than that, I'm the kind of guy who tries to look at things from multiple angles, to try to understand where people with opposing arguments are coming from and to alleviate misunderstandings originating both with myself and with others. With that in mind, the natural evolution of such a perspective seems to me to be mind linking. I don't mean anything as refined as telepathy, I'm talking a free exchange of information, emotions and perceptions between two [or more] people. No conscious control over what is exchanged, just pure expression without even the capacity to deceive.
...Dear god, I feel like Charles Zi Brittania after saying that.
Now, on the one hand, there is a certain degree of appeal to such an ability. After all, it offers the potential for a true understanding between people. On the flip side, it's also very worrisome. Paradoxically, I feel that we really aren't really meant to have such an intimate understanding of others. In fact, I'd imagine the experience might actually be nightmarish for both parties, especially if they realize what's happening and that their every experience, their every prejudice, every fear, every kink is being laid bare for the other person to examine, to criticize, to reject.
This hits an added level of nightmare for me in the event I lose control, as a) I doubt I'd be immune to it and b) I like playing things very close to the vest, so I'm well familiar with the idea of keeping my own counsel and the desire to keep it that way, and frankly the idea of a rejection that intimate[footnote]I can't think of a better way to describe it. The recipient knows everything about you. Being turned away after that is the purest form of rejection I can imagine[/footnote] seems absolutely terrifying. You know that feeling of dread when you reveal a secret about yourself? Imagine that...now imagine having someone else reveal all your secrets - big and small - at once. It's not a power I think I'd often use once I got a handle on it.