We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’ — Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
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We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’s kind of a protective pessimism: if we worry about the worst happening, it may miss our door.

— Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man
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