What is the purpose of negative emotions? Why do we engage with things we know will upset us? And how does Angie deal with rejection?
Oh, my God.
You're such a nerd.
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Stephen Dubner, and you're listening to.
No stupid questions today on the show.
How does anger affect your physical health?
If you ask people, would you like to feel anger, or would you like to not feel anger?
We would expect the vast majority of people would say, I would like to not feel anger.
Thank you very much.
Angie.
I read something recently on Quora, which I like to read.
What is Quora?
What is Quora?
I mean, I have been on Quora, but, like, what is it?
Quora was honestly the original inspiration for this show, because Quora is a question asking and answering website with a community of people who ask a lot of questions, many of them good, many of them crazy, and then people who answer them, and they range from experts to amateurs to goof balls.
But, you know, I love questions, which is one reason I love doing this show.
Sometimes just reading the questions without the answers is illuminating.
You're exposed to a lot of ideas that you just wouldn't have otherwise.
And here's one.
This actually isn't a question.