You can go to the shanty towns or slums in India or the favelas in Brazil, and most people will act in a recognizable manner: avoiding to shame themselves, avoiding to be of hassle (unless it’s a desperate salesperson or a robber), saying hello before they speak, taking turns in conversations, displaying some dignified demeanor and signs of cleanliness. Sure, the norms vary, but some of the mechanisms are undeniably the same. Yet shame is not the only emotion humans habitually and unreflectively avoid. There are, of course, a host of other negative emotions that steer our everyday choices and
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