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> The findings were not all bleak for the United States. Despite having widespread negative experiences, Americans also generally reported more positive experie
by nostromo 8y ago
> The findings were not all bleak for the United States. Despite having widespread negative experiences, Americans also generally reported more positive experiences, on average, than the rest of the world did.
It'd be interesting to know how they came to the decision to focus on the negative emotions in the article.
- kodablah 8y agoOne could guess because "among the most" is more newsworthy than "above average". But a more cynical guess is self-fulfilling, i.e. media reporting encourages negativity/stress which begets the results and the focus choice.
- gdulli 8y agoAccording to the third paragraph the trend in negative experiences is what specifically stands out, not the degree.
- tomschlick 8y agoNegative things always get the clicks. As the old saying goes: "If it bleeds, it leads".
- pard68 8y agoClicks I imagine.
- fulafel 8y agoAbove average vs most in the eorld are not same levels of outliers.