Emotions Are Reactive

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a guest post from dear friend-of-the-blog Kester Imagine that you (like most humans who lived between the years of 2000 BC and 1910 AD) live in a society where carts are commonly pulled by horses. One day, you see a man on the side of the road with two horses hitched to a cart. The man appears to be stuck: the horses and the cart are not moving. The man knows that something has to be done. So, he starts pleading with the cart to move forward, explaining carefully what he needs it to do. But the cart doesn't move. Next, he bribes the cart with snacks and treats. But the cart still doesn't…

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• Siddhartha Srivastava
• Sanchit Tomar

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