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

4.0

I definitely recommend this book to anyone who worries about the state of the world. (Though obviously it was written pre-COVID-19...making some of the final conclusions a tad harder to swallow.) It's written in a straightforward way that's quite accessible.

My only complaint is that I would have liked more studies cited and in more detail. There are some, but for example I like it when authors share sample sizes and methodology (and few authors do).