Reasons to Be Cheerful (Ep. 417 Rebroadcast)
Humans have a built-in “negativity bias,” which means we give bad news much more power than good. Would the Covid-19 crisis be an opportune time to reverse this tendency?
An episode of the Freakonomics Radio podcast, hosted by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher, titled "Reasons to Be Cheerful (Ep. 417 Rebroadcast)" was published on August 19, 2021 and runs 52 minutes.
August 19, 2021 ·52m · Freakonomics Radio
Summary
Humans have a built-in “negativity bias,” which means we give bad news much more power than good. Would the Covid-19 crisis be an opportune time to reverse this tendency?
Episode Description
Humans have a built-in “negativity bias,” which means we give bad news much more power than good. Would the Covid-19 crisis be an opportune time to reverse this tendency?
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