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#357 – Paul Conti: Narcissism, Sociopathy, Envy, and the Nature of Good and Evil

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Is There a Gravitational Pull to Negative Emotions?

"There is actually a strong gravity pull to negative feelings for some reason. And you get to observe it on social media," he says. "It's like building up a muscle to be able to pull away from those emotions" He adds that people who have good serve as lightning rods for envy because they want to make their lives better.

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