As observed, a great deal of what goes "viral" seems to be negative and provides nothing positive or uplifting. The news already fills us in on a lot of the negative occurrences. Internet video sources pretty much always seemed to have far more stuff, I had no desire to see, to wade through to find an occasional gem. It is a sad commentary on humanity that good news does not sell, forcing limited articles that are uplifting and a plethora of sad, depressing bad news..
that is one of the points I've heard made about social media and human brain in the (far too many) podcasts I've listened to: evolutionary biology drives us to pay attention to the negative because we're wired to watch for "danger". Which is why negative, dumb and outrageous content is more compelling to our brain wiring than positive, happy content. Social media algorithms play off the clicks for the negative, and will push more of it at us if we start down that rabbit hole.
I heard a statistic that we need at least five times the positive, uplifting, feel good content to have the same impact on our brain as one negative video. I try to stick to cute cat content.
You make mention of PG ambulances being diverted to Mackenzie and Bear Lake, in my experience that is actually the opposite of what was happening. Mackenzie ambulances were being diverted to PG, meaning Mackenzie lacked proper coverage.
As observed, a great deal of what goes "viral" seems to be negative and provides nothing positive or uplifting. The news already fills us in on a lot of the negative occurrences. Internet video sources pretty much always seemed to have far more stuff, I had no desire to see, to wade through to find an occasional gem. It is a sad commentary on humanity that good news does not sell, forcing limited articles that are uplifting and a plethora of sad, depressing bad news..
that is one of the points I've heard made about social media and human brain in the (far too many) podcasts I've listened to: evolutionary biology drives us to pay attention to the negative because we're wired to watch for "danger". Which is why negative, dumb and outrageous content is more compelling to our brain wiring than positive, happy content. Social media algorithms play off the clicks for the negative, and will push more of it at us if we start down that rabbit hole.
I heard a statistic that we need at least five times the positive, uplifting, feel good content to have the same impact on our brain as one negative video. I try to stick to cute cat content.
You make mention of PG ambulances being diverted to Mackenzie and Bear Lake, in my experience that is actually the opposite of what was happening. Mackenzie ambulances were being diverted to PG, meaning Mackenzie lacked proper coverage.