Dr. K
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What percentage of human beings can be afraid?
Everybody.
What percentage of human beings have the capacity to lose hope?
Everybody.
Anger?
Everyone.
So we say these things are bad, right?
Like being angry, sad, shame, fear.
These are the, I want joy.
I want excitement.
I want fun, humor, freedom.
We want all this stuff.
But first thing to understand,
We've evolved for negative emotions.
Even reptiles can feel angry.
It's not clear whether they can feel sad or not.
So first thing to understand is that negative emotions are not negative.
Negative emotions are probably the most powerful motivators we have from a scientific standpoint.
So everyone's like, cultivate joy and curiosity.
No, don't do that.