According to Damasio, feelings offer "explicit and highlighted information as to the state of different components of the organism," a kind of executive summary of the body, from the point of view of the body's best interests. Looking for Spinoza, p. 178.
He also calls feelings "gossip from deep within." (p. 179) What is gossip? It's the highlight of the most vital information about people. It's the most important thing that happened that day, or week, or month. It's also usually pretty compact.
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