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pattusk on Oct 18, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reading too much political news is bad for your we...

> Research has found that media that is upsetting is more addictive?

Do you have any source for tjat research? (Not doubting you, just curious.)

dtech on Oct 18, 2020 [–]

Anger is the emotion that most activates you and spurs you to action [1]

[1] https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1528077

throwawaygh on Oct 18, 2020 | [–]

Being spurred to action != addiction.

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