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Why criticism lasts longer than praise

submitted by paul_neri to SocialMedia 2.8 yearsJul 3, 2022 01:44:16 ago (+2/-0)     (www.bbc.com)

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220624-why-criticism-lasts-longer-than-praise

Baumeister warns that we don't have the ability to deal with negativity on social media, because our brain evolved to heed warnings from a close community of hunter-gatherers instead of hundreds or thousands of strangers. "So, hearing negative things from a large number of people has to be devastating," he says.


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We remember criticism longer than praise because we survive by changing what we did wrong. First, we pay attention to the criticism, then we think on it, then we formulate a plan, then we change.