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The tendency to give more weight to negative information than positive. Evolution's anxiety disorder.
Drives news media algorithms, creates anxiety disorders, and explains why customer complaints get more attention than praise.
Your brain processes negative information about 5 times faster than positive information. Thanks, evolution.
"Breaking news: Local human discovers they're not as rational as they thought. Water is wet."