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Chris Williamson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

When it's sad, not mad.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

it's usually because you were disincentivized in a, I mean, everybody's disincentivized from being angry, right?

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

Like it's a very antisocial behavior.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

It's a very antisocial thing.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

Sadness is prosocial.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

People come and give you a hug.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

Anger is antisocial.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

It makes people run away.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

But there should be a container for that.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

And if you don't learn it, there's a very long-winded way of saying lots of people are angry but don't feel anger.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

And they turn it into other things.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

They turn it into bitterness, agitation, resentment, depression, anxiety.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

um, like frustrations at, at, at themselves and that other people and that, and that the world or politics or, you know, whatever.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

Um, so I don't think that you need anger.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

I would actually go as far as to say that maybe anger is a bit more warping because it's so it's, it's the fucking raw uncut version of the fuel.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

And if you can have it just bubble down a little bit, I think you can make better decisions because making decisions, I mean, I,

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

Is there any emotion that's worse to use to make this?

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

Maybe being horny.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

Maybe being horny is the only worse emotion to utilize when trying to orient yourself than anger is.

Modern Wisdom
#1080 - Pursuit of Wonder - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

I can't think of many more.