"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.