Reason vs. Emotion

The greatest threat to reason is emotion. Marketers know this. Politicians know this. Emotion, positive or negative, overrides rationality and leads to bad decisions. Elections are won and lost on emotion. That’s why Donald Trump is leading the Republican race so far. That’s why terrorism works – because politicians and marketers (the media) become our emotional cheerleaders and drive us to want exactly what terrorists want.

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