Admit it…we hate it when our friends succeed
Whether we like to admit it or not, the success of those closest to us brings a mass of conflicting, shameful emotions.
The science of schadenfreude – why it feels so good to see someone fail
Schadenfreude may be the thing that gets us out of bed in the morning, but this is how it actually works.
Envy: The secret root of our depression?
I believe that the modern trend of presenting the idealised you on social media is adding to our depression. Bare envy sits at the root of this problem.
Greed, envy, inequality – forces for good or evil?
In November 2013, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, poster-boy for popular Toryism and potential leader of the Conservative Party in Britain, delivered the annual Margaret Thatcher lecture at the Centre for Policy Studies, a right-wing think tank. Although his speech attracted comments from left-leaning critics, there has been a stunning silence from his own side [...]