Nicholas Lezard

There are more negatively-loaded words than positive ones — so what?

The Power of Bad aims to compensate for the brain’s natural tendency to see the worst in everything

issue 01 February 2020
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  • The Power of Bad (And How to Overcome It)

    John Tierney and Roy E. Baumeister

    Allen Lane, pp. 325, £20

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