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417. Reasons to Be Cheerful | Freakonomics Radio podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast

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417. Reasons to Be Cheerful

Freakonomics Radio

May 07, 2020•50 min•Ep 417•Transcript available on Metacast

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Humans have a built-in “negativity bias,” which means we give bad news much more power than good. Would the Covid-19 crisis be an opportune time to reverse this tendency?