How “Negativity Bias” Results in Conflict | Robert Wright & Dominic Johnson [The Wright Show]

Dominic’s paper, “Unhealthy World: The Negativity Bias in Worldwide Politics” 00:49
Why politicians overestimate threats to nationwide safety 02:29
The cognitive bias of “loss avoidance” as gas for warfare 17:00
Do worldwide actors give an excessive amount of weight to previous failures? 23:34
World Conflict I as a case examine in negativity bias 36:17
Arguments towards Dominic’s argument 39:15
Can we use our rising information of cognitive biases to keep away from unwise conflicts? 49:46

Recorded December 18, 2019

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