FLAME with Brad Hook
Why Is Everybody So Angry? The Science of Outrage and the Search for Meaning
The world feels angrier — and it's not your imagination. A short episode on the roots of modern outrage, from sleepless nights to algorithms, and how anger can be transformed rather than suppressed.
Outrage is being manufactured: sleep-deprived nervous systems, algorithms that reward indignation, polarisation that turns neighbours into categories — and underneath it, something more human: a longing for struggle and meaning that modern comfort doesn't satisfy.
The way through isn't suppressing anger but transforming it — into connection, service and purpose. Eight minutes that explain a lot about your news feed, and offer somewhere better to put the energy.
In this episode
- Why outrage is rising — sleep, algorithms, polarisation
- The longing for struggle underneath modern anger
- Anger as energy: suppress it or transform it
- Turning outrage into connection, service and purpose
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