Tiffany Watt Smith is author of Schadenfreude: The Joy of Another’s Misfortune (Little, Brown, 2018). She’s a cultural historian of emotions at the Queen Mary University of London in London, United Kingdom.
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Is This The Dawning Of The ‘Age Of Schadenfreude?’
Taking pleasure from someone else’s pain may make you feel like a jerk, but it’s a very natural emotion.
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Do Babies Experience Schadenfreude?
Author Tiffany Watt Smith and her nine-month-old baby meet with a developmental psychologist to find out what makes infants laugh—and when humans begin to experience joy out of other’s misfortunes.