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Podcast: What's the value?
Episode: "Understanding negative emotions" - Byron Athene
Description: Byron came to the show saying one of the most provocative and intriguing things someone can say to me. He said he knew the real answer to one life's important questions. More specifically, he said he could tell me "the real reason negative emotions exist." I geek out on those type of statements, because firstly, negative emotions often suck. Fear, anger, sadness, shame, guilt--they do not feel nice, so having a true understanding of them seems pretty useful. Secondly, I don't believe anyone has the "real answer" about anything, so this made my Socrates spidey sense tingle.
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