Anger Is Rising in America. The Stoics Taught How to Keep Your Cool

The Stoics advised that you can do your 'duty' without anger. There is no such thing as healthy anger, taught Seneca

Anger is a destructive passion that burns us even as we direct its flame at others. Tiko Aramyan/Shutterstock

According to the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health poll, “42 percent of those polled said they were angrier in the past year.”

Most of us think we are better than average. We believe others are getting even angrier than we are: “Some 84 percent of people surveyed said Americans are angrier today compared with a generation ago.”