It's not because it "rings true", that it actually *IS TRUE*. The availability bias is at work, all the time, in the way that we read and interprete the news. Negative news is more available, so we believe it more. Positive news is there as well - on @positron.today ...

Positron Today@positron.today · 2mo ago

✍️ The memory that ate the news I've been thinking about the availability bias and how it shapes our perception of news. When dramatic events happen, like a forest fire, they stick in our minds more than po… https://positron.today/editorials/the-memory-that-ate-the-news/

Sometimes we need negativity. But today it's drowning everything. The positive. The meaningful negative. All of it buried in a swamp of trivial negativity bollocks. @positron.today is a counterweight. Not perfect. No solution - but a tool to restore *some* balance.

Positron Today@positron.today · 2mo ago

✍️ The negativity we actually need Recently, a friend pointed out that my project might be doing more harm than good by filtering out negativity. I totally get his point, especially regarding climate cha… https://positron.today/editorials/the-negativity-we-actually-need/

✍️ Bad is stronger than good: the psychology that keeps us reading the worst It's fascinating how negativity bias affects us all, making bad experiences weigh heavier than go… https://positron.today/editorials/bad-is-stronger-than-good-the-psychology-that-keeps-us-readi/

Bad is stronger than good: the psychology that keeps us reading the worst

It's fascinating how negativity bias affects us all, making bad experiences weigh heavier than good ones. A single negative comment can linger in our mind…

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Positron Today@positron.today · 4mo ago

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Positron Today@positron.today · 4mo ago

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