Is Relief More Powerful Than Happiness?

Ding Dong, the Trump is gone. Here’s what’s going on in our brains.

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I have a vivid memory of a warm summer’s day in my hometown. I was crossing the main square, and a women on a bicycle drew up beside me and asked for directions. Then she glanced back, and saw the empty kiddy seat on the back of her bike. She left out a high pitched, anguished scream…