Marginalium
A note in the margins
February 18, 2021
The Informational Value of Negative Emotions:
The capitalist mindset lures us into the trap of thinking that unless we are positive, happy and moving we must be condemned as ‘negative’. But why would … paying attention to … sadness … grief … anger … be called ‘negative’?
Emotion is informational and the ceaseless movement towards productivity does us no favours by ignoring the information space of negativity.
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