Oh wait, someone had a question about something.
Surely I have the answer to it.
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Stephen Dubner.
And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.
Today on the show, how much is your mood driven by the media you consume?
You've never seen love actually?
I've heard of it.
You've never seen love actually?
Also, is a little knowledge worse than complete ignorance?
I told them to turn right and it should have been left.
Oh, God, you are going to hell.
Angela, I've got a question for you here from a listener today.
Her name is Masha Joveva, and she writes to say, I,
like most people these days, have been feeling a bit down, tired.
I don't mean to laugh at you, Masha.
Demotivated and easily depleted, though not depressed.
So first of all, before we get into Masha's question, Angie,
do you think most people are feeling a bit down, tired, demotivated, and depleted?
I think there's actually pretty good data on the fact that, yes, absolutely,