> Shame and anger are emotions that cause change -- they don't sell consumer products well. I don’t know, news has been ad driven for a long time and is notori

> Shame and anger are emotions that cause change -- they don't sell consumer products well. I don’t know, news has been ad driven for a long time and is notoriously negative. I know I live a comfy life but the disconnect between life and news is staggering; consuming news seems to me to be horrible shit nearly 24/7, almost all of which is completely absent in my day-to-day life. And yet almost everyone I know — comfy people like myself — consumes tons of news. Could be that advertising does better per-reader on positive stories, but doesn’t bring readers back as well as frightening news.