A review by avery_rivers
The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney

2.0

I'm torn on the rating here. Part of me wants to add another star because it's an interesting topic but I question the validity of the information. First, the author used Pinker as a reference. Pinker is grossly over-simplistic and his abuse of data is abhorrent - though I'm not sure if it is intentional or just ignorance. In an ironic twist, he argued that vaping (in general and by teens) is far safer than smoking and should less be regulated (there's barely any regulation as is). This narrow look at data: chemicals in cigarettes are harmful; those chemicals aren't in vape products = vaping is better ignores the wider picture and creates a dichotomy where one isn't needed.
I think the book is worth a read, but more to provoke thought than to provide clear reliable data.