It’s official: we’re addicted to feeling bad
I popped into Ecademy this afternoon briefly and took a quick scan of the blogs.
Interestingly, most had 20, 30 or 40 views. All except the one titled ‘Bad Feelings At Ecademy‘ which had 657 views. Naturally, I dived in to see what the fuss was all about.
The fuss (as usual) was all about an Ecademist falling out with the management and getting booted off. “Fight! Fight! Fight!” I can almost hear ringing in my ears.
Sadly, nothing seems to attract us more than conflict – and I’m as programmed as anyone to being drawn towards the dark side. Is it because we love suffering? Is it because in argument there’s something more honest than the superficiality we normally cloak ourselves in?
There’s no doubt though. Nastiness gets traffic. Blood, guts, misery, depravation, disaster and sleaze is what people want. In a low-key but inarguable way, those figures on Ecademy prove it. Again and again.
