When we co-experience a narrative episode, we also co-experience…

When we co-experience a narrative episode, we also co-experience the emotions of the sequence of events. Having emotions is certainly better than not having emotions, and there is a long list of highly attractive emotions. This is true even for some negative emotions.

— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations) · Narrative Brain: the Stories Our Neurons Tell by Fritz Breithaupt

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