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Your brain was never designed for this much bad news (www.sciencedaily.com)
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Humans evolved to pay close attention to danger, but today that instinct is being overwhelmed by an endless supply of bad news from around the world. Researchers say the answer isn’t to stop following current events—it’s to build healthier habits around how, when, and where we get our news.

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[–] 33 points 4 months ago (15 children)

My brain was not designed for anything. It was not designed.

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    "The human mind has not adapted to this level of bad news"

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I feel like it kind of has.

    Otherwise, people who are about 40+ years old would all be driven mad by now.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    I think I was wrong, the human mind adapts on the fly however it needs to. I should have kept it closer to the original: "The human brain has not adapted to this level of bad news." All of our minds have adapted, right, one way or another?

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Your brain is one of the most artificial things in existence. How many years did you spend in formal education in one form or another? What is education other than a way of shaping a mind to a certain form?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (2 children)

    That's the mind, not the brain. The way I see it, the opposite mistake that I made elsewhere in the thread.

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