Greetings. It's Wednesday, September the 18th, 2024. Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. Today's article is written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison, and narrated by Chris Elkins.

Research shows that we react more strongly to negative than to positive information, which explains why there's more bad news than good news in the news.

Let's test this theory. Note your visceral response to these stories. The Fed is expected to cut interest rates today.

New technology can produce drinking water from sea water

using solar power. Rescuers freed an 11-year-old boy who was trapped between two boulders for more than

nine hours. China freed an American pastor after nearly 20 years in prison. Research shows that

people like us more than we think. By contrast,

what's your emotional response to these stories? AI pioneers are calling for protections

against catastrophic risks. A recent report warns that the U.S. is facing the most dangerous and

most challenging threats since 1945,

including the real risk of near-term major war. Infections that are resilient to medication

could kill nearly 40 million people in the coming years. Mosquito-borne diseases are surging in

Europe. High parental stress is now an urgent public health issue.

Nearly two in five Americans are at peak stress levels for the year.

Our quote-unquote, fight or flight instinct may attune us to threats in the news,

but new research shows that being hopeful and looking forward

is especially effective in combating stress and anxiety.

Philosopher Pierre Teil de Chardon observed,

the future belongs to those who give the next generation reasons for hope.

In quote.

Similarly, the present belongs to those who give the present generation the same.

How can we be people of hope in a hurting world?

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