"All irrational decisions are caused by emotion." says an early line in #TheIrrational which just began it's second season.
I say this constantly. It's one of the core aspects of #stoicism which was one of the foundations of early modern psychology. Applied psych is the focus of The Irrational.
Stoicism focuses on controlling "passions" - uncontrolled, irrational emotions - and prioritizing logic and reason which help you to determine the most appropriate emotion for a given circumstance.
This episode of #TheIrrational focused on #hotstates which are very common, if not ubiquitous, on social media.
𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 "𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦", 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴.
I avoid people online and off who tend to spend 99% of their time in reactive or hot states. Such people are quite dangerous and often irrational.
Season 2 of #TheIrrational is following where it left off and I'm glad about that.
The addition of Karen David's character of Rose was one of my favorite choices for the show. She adds that aspect of action and constant forward motion that regular viewers like about primetime television and she's epic.
She doesn't take away from anything and in fact adds to the chemistry that already exists between the characters. The best thing about The Irrational is the relationships.