Why is it we spend 3 solid minutes watching someone we don't know vent about something we don't really care about? Researchers found that friends and followers are more likely to "echo" angry sentiments on social media. So, how can we break the cycle?

LINKS 

• Check out @goodnews_movement on Instagram  
• Read 'The Minds’ Mirror: A new type of neuron--called a mirror neuron--could help explain how we learn through mimicry and why we empathize with others' By LEA WINERMAN published on APA.org
• Read 'As your social media emotions go viral, anger spreads the fastest' by Helen A.S. Popkin for NBC News, 2013
• Follow @thespace_podcast on Instagram   
• Watch @thespace_podcast on TikTok  
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS 
Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88 
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy 
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper 
Editor: Adrian Walton 

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