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The Negative Bias in Action
Rick Steves: One thing that might stop us from doing some of this, you know, notice the good things, taking the good is the negativity bias. He says our ancestors evolved to get carrots and avoid sticks for 600 million years. We're much more affected in most cases by what we lose than by what we gain, he says.Steves: The whole messy package of negative experiences fast-tracked into emotional memory.