As such, they do not betray a malfunction in an isolated emotional decision making system, but problems in exploiting emotions to consolidate decision policies and organize behavior.
He emphasized that "from now on," until presidential elections scheduled for June 2013, those "exploiting emotions of the people" would be guilty of "committing treason against the country".
Sadly, and typically, it would seem this is about exploiting emotions for commerce, the memories of then, the climate of now, the re-stirring of a stale stew.
But the timing of the controversy gave the elder Cheneys an especially good chance to exploit an emotion I'm not sure they understand themselves: empathy.
It stands to reason that governments that exploit such emotions would save bundles of money in enforcement.
And if he says "Blame it on the whites", then it becomes convenient to exploit those emotions.' Is that working?
Unfortunately, populist xenophobes such as Nigel Farage exploit these emotions, linking them to subterranean English nationalism and talking, as he did in the moment of victory, of the triumph of "real people, ordinary people, decent people".
The prosecution described the scam as a cynical ploy to exploit the emotions and the finances of women who were members of the online dating agency.
That's to be expected, too: rock music exploits heightened emotion and truisms that can fit neatly into a memorable chorus.
Whereas former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras engaged in fear-mongering during the election campaign, Tsipras exploited popular emotion.
