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Thursday 27 May 2021

Can spite be good? How writing a book about the emotion made me think twice

Harming someone while also harming oneself may seem the antithesis of humans’ genius for cooperation but it has upsides

The corpse of love is rarely cold – and it may be spite that keeps it warm.

Take Alan Markovitz. When his ex-wife moved in with a new partner, he started to suspect the pair had been having an affair while they were still married. So, he buys the house next door and puts a 12ft bronze statue of a hand, middle finger raised, in his back yard. Lest darkness dim his dispatch, he buys a spotlight to keep it lit.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3wDlXJ2

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