Regular Guy
1 min readMar 21, 2019

I honestly think you have a point. The question I’m about to ask comes from a place of interest, I’m not in any way trying to refute what you’re saying. How exactly are our brain hardwired for bad news? Do you literally mean they’re hardwired for bad news, or is it just a way of saying they are hardwired for paying attention to violent events?

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Sure, I’ll be more specific.
Our brain is evolved for a period somewhere between 200,000–20,000 years ago. In our tribal societies, it was vital that we paid close attention to any signs of danger.
Bad news is generally something that you need to be…

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