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RE: Why am I angry all of the time and where did my friends go?
Wow! Very nice read. I also think that negativity is more contagious than positivity because it is easier to connect with others who see the world pessimistic. Mood and behavior, I think, can be a self fulfilling prophecy in that if you are looking for negative emotions you will find them as well as if seeking positive people and vibes you will find those as well.
Agreed. I think because emotions like rage or disgust are so quick, the consequences of those impulses are harder to mitigate when there's no cost to acting on them. Through eons of evolution, we've learned to fine-tune our fact-to-fact interactions to avoid most negative costs unless it is absolutely necessary. But online interaction has only been around for several decades, and we don't have those same hesitations. That's why I think Steemit and other crypto/blockchain-based social systems are interesting, because costs that we respond to (like money) are designed into the systems.