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Good news in a world of bad news

Bad news gets our attentionThey say that the “proportion of headlines denoting anger, fear, disgust, negativity and sadness” grew markedly in the US between 2000 and 2019. News reports always begin with bad news because humans have a “negativity bias”. We tend to pay more attention to negative experiences than positive ones.

I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is something about us and the good news is something about God. (more…)