The Rich Will Always Get Richer
A paradox that Eckhart Tolle revealed to me is that the world we live in in is simultaneously getting worse and better at the same time. It is getting better in so many ways, but the ways it is getting worse are much more likely to be paid attention to because our biology is fine tuned to pay attention to negative emotions. I invite you to turn on the nightly news and observe your own reactions to the news. Once one news story is presented, pause the program, and just close your eyes for a moment. Are you having thoughts like "That is outrageous!" or "There is so much violence on our streets!" or perhaps "What a Jerk. I cannot believe that he was ever elected." Due to the financial incentives to mine your attention to the advertisements between news reports, the nightly news will do whatever it can to grab and hold your attention. It has an intrinsic negative bias because that is what makes money. Social media is just a much more optimized and targeted ex...