Trump
seems to think that he can arbitrarily announce the economy is open and
everyone will start going out again. Good
luck with that.
Fear
is a powerful motivator. Bad emotions
have more impact than good ones. Bad
information is processed more thoroughly than good. Bad impressions and stereotypes are quicker
to form and more resistant to change. (Baumeister,
Bratslavsky, Finkenauer, and Vohs, 2001)
We are
hard-wired to remember bad events more than good ones, reliving them over and
over again in our minds in an effort to make sure we don't repeat our mistakes.
(Kensinger, 2007)
So how
can a random statement from a habitual liar make any difference at all? The answer is that it can't.
The
only way to restart the economy is to make people feel safe again. And that's only going to happen when those
death curves decline significantly. But
as soon as people start to go out again they will begin to rise. So lifting "stay home" now could actually
make the economy worse in the long run.
You can't
tell people how to feel and right now they afraid.
Baumeister,
R., Bratslavsky, E., Finkenauer, F., Vohs, K. (2001) Bad Is Stronger Than Good. Review
of General Psychology. Retrieved May
29, 2016, from http://dev.rickhanson.net/wp-content/files/papers/BadStrongerThanGood.pdf
Kensinger,
E. (2007) Negative Emotion Enhances Memory Accuracy. Association
for Psychological Science. Retrieved
May 30, 2016, from https://www2.bc.edu/elizabeth-kensinger/Kensinger_CD07.pdf
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