Outrage Overload

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Outrage 011 – Put your oxygen mask on first – Alex Korb

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April 18, 2023

David Beckemeyer

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This is part-two of a two-part series on “The Neuroscience of Outrage Porn.” We’re talking with Dr. Alex Korb, a neuroscientist and best-selling author. If you haven’t listened to part-one yet, it’s time to go listen because you don’t want to miss it. In part one, we learned about some of the brain systems involved…
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Outrage 010 – How understanding our own limitations can help break us out of our outrage spiral -Alex Korb

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April 1, 2023

David Beckemeyer

brain, communication, depression, emotions, employee, media, neuromodulation, neuroscience, outrageporn, stress, wellbeing

When I set out to cover this topic, “The Neuroscience of Outrage Porn,” I had this naive vision of a neat little Schoolhouse Rock cartoonish picture: when this happens, this part of the brain turns on, kind of thing. Of course, the reality is much more complicated than that and it can even be different…
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