Ryan Holiday

But but, you know, negative emotions tend to linger and be felt more profoundly than positive emotions.

Like they find, like, for instance, in news articles, like negative articles have a higher virality potential than positive articles, right?

And certainly, that's just the extreme between negative and positive.

Nobody shares, hey, things are pretty okay.

It wasn't as bad as we thought.

That obviously is super not spreadable.

You do want to share something about the latest outrage, about something that's incredibly scary, about something that is uncertain because you can speculate about it.

But like, OK, hey, they they caught the guy and, you know, now the law is going to take its course.

You know, that's not super interesting.

But like fugitive at large in your neighborhood, you know, is incredibly activating.

And so I think that's part of it.

Yeah, and it's like, I think having some insight into the game, how the game is played should affect your own habits as far as what you consume, you know?

Like, I think it's really important to be informed about what's happening in the world.

I would just dispute whether, like...

refreshing your Twitter feed is the best way to do it.

It's like pick up a book, right?

Go travel, talk to an actual expert.

There's a lot of things you can do to understand what's happening.

And a lot of what's happening is not good.

And it's going to require action and change and involvement and creative solutions.