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Seniority. people might be upset. when they are fired in a way that is unfair, when justice breaks down, workers sabotage thank yo things. we need a system we can believe in to feel like our anger has productive impact. if that s not there, we are not just angry, we are vengeful. and dangerous. and dangerous. charles, we are surrounded by structures in life designed to wake up, harness and reflect anger. social media, attack ads, po politicians. exactly. is anything built to bring the temperature down? a social institution or structure that responds in a positive way? we have not seen a lot of it. there s an opportunity. it s not just politicians, it s
i just we don t that s one thing i don t get. these days, it seems like that emotion, anger, is more dominant than ever. we recently sat down with best selling author, charles duhig who cover story attempts to answer the question, why are we so angry. did you get the answer? i tried. what s interesting is anger is one of the most positive emotions in the human vocabulary. if you look at the brains of people who are angry, they look similar to the brains of people who are happy. when you are angry, people pay attention. it s one of the densest forms of communication. anger on its own isn t the same thing. when anger becomes something else, when it becomes a vengeance, a desire for revenge, then it s corrosive and can
If you want to go viral, say something outrageous and attack someone else. you get rewarded for being angry, not bringing down the temperature. let s talk about that more, charles. the level of anger on social media and twitter, do you find it interesting that in most cases of mass shootings, no matter where they occur, one of the first things investigators do is track the social media accounts of the people perpetrating these things? absolutely. what we know is people who make the turn, the terrible turn to violence, they are not just angry, they are dispirited about the change anger will make a difference. there was a study of when people get fired from factories, layoffs. they found when you get fired and it feels fair. it seems like the system is working. they adhere to rules, follow
Corporate america. in the article, there s a researcher who had a debt collection agency. they would train their debt collectors to get people riled up by yelling at them. as soon as they reach a pitch, calm them down. you feel good when someone isn t yelling anymore, you will agree to pay anything. the question becomes, how do we reward people for not amping up our anger? is there a system out there that helps cool the temperatures? we, as voters and the citizens, we have to stop following the people on twitter who are the angriest and follow the ones who say, look, have a rational conversation. how do you find them? look for someone with a low number of followers. or, frankly, at this point, look for anyone who isn t in the white house. our thanks to charles for