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and so I want to talk a little bit about
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why it's hard for us to make the most
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generous assumption because I think if
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it were easy we would all just do it But
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there's several reasons that this is
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hard First our brains are wired to
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protect us And so giving the example of
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the you know the car situation you know
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if I yell and I get pissed and I'm angry
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that someone just cuts us off you know
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biologically our lyic system is going
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threat danger I need to do something to
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protect myself And so you know if I jump
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to this angry position because the
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cortisol that comes from anger gives me
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the energy I need to fight there's a you
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know biological reason for this jumping
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to this negative conclusion to sort of
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protect myself from potential harm But
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the truth is if I yell you know screw
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off in my car they can't hear me
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They're not going to change I'm now
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heightened I'm more alert I'm likely
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more aggressive which might give me an
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opportunity to make a mistake
