The Power of Hate

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Dave Disteno is a professor of psychology and host of How God Works, a show about the science behind spirituality. In his first book of poetry, he wrote in spaces that he was harassed living in New York City. He says hatred gives people a sheen to protect them from accessing their own pain. "People who know who they are don't feel the need to police other people"

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