Tag: Social Media

• Opinions Everywhere

  

  I’m sad. I’m reading through Scripture, specifically Proverbs 18, and I ran across a verse that jumps out at me. “A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.” Proverbs 18:2 (ESV) What makes me sad is that as I try to think through stories or real life examples at work,…

  Bill D.

  January 18, 2019

  Christian, Devotional

  Proverbs, Social Media, Wisdom

• Schadenfreude

  

  scha·den·freu·de /ˈSHädənˌfroidə/ noun pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune. Sounds harsh, doesn’t it? The idea that there are people around who enjoy the failings of others, who are amused when another fails, seems somehow wrong. But it happens, all the time. In fact, one study at Ohio State from 2014 found that when…

  Bill D.

  January 17, 2019

  Christian, Devotional

  Mindset, Proverbs, Psychology, Schadenfreude, Social Media, Wisdom