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Oliver Burkeman: Why Are We So Angry?

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Why is everyone so angry nowadays, and what is it doing to the world?

Oliver Burkeman: Why Are We So Angry?: 07/11/2018

07/11/2018

BBC Radio 4 - Oliver Burkeman: Why Are We So Angry?, 07/11/2018

Anger can be a destructive force, so Oliver Burkeman learns how it can be managed.

Rage can be a destructive force both for individuals and society, so Oliver Burkeman learns what can be done to manage anger in a healthy way.

Anger does have benefits, but when it gets out of control it can be destructive both on an individual level and to society as a whole. There’s plenty of advice, indeed there is an entire industry build around ‘anger management’, but in an age with more provocations than ever before, what can people actually do to foster a healthy level of anger in their life?

Oliver explores why anger is such a difficult emotion for people to control, or even really recognise for what it is, tests some of the techniques said to calm problematic anger, and finds out why simply dismissing or extinguishing all anger can do more harm than good.

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