I read a book called Emotional Intelligence, and it taught me something really neat. When you have a split-second emotional reaction to something, the reason why that reaction is often later deemed unwise is because the neural pathways that led to that response literally bypass the part of your brain that does logical reasoning.

Don’t think of the two kinds of posts as “authentic” and “inauthentic.” You’re not worried about people wrongly scolding you for saying what you really think. You’re worried people will rightly call out how irrational you’re being. The two kinds of posts are emotional and reasoned.

I make reasoned posts.