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		floodfx 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The housing theory of everything (2021) Insightful! Makes me think a bit about how negative content engages more people. Is this the same with people who don't like change? Not liking change activates people more than people who do like change?

do_not_redeem 11 months ago [–]

Sounds like loss aversion to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_aversion

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