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Category Archives: Gossip
How Gossip Can Save Your Life (5-24-23)
01:00 Is Gossip Good? https://www.lukeford.net/Dennis/indexp271.html 08:45 Dooovid joins, https://twitter.com/RebDoooovid 15:00 Chofetz Chaim’s influence, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chofetz_Chaim 31:00 Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History by Marc B. Shapiro II, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=68687 33:00 Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History, … Continue reading
In Defense of Gossip
Kelsey McKinney writes in the New York Times: In my earliest memory of being an insufferable gossip, I am 5 years old. I am at the top of a very tall playground slide with a friend, both of us cross-legged, … Continue reading
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The Oxford Handbook of Gossip and Reputation
Here are some excerpts from this 2019 book: * GOSSIP and reputation are core processes in all human societies. Consequently, humans invest a great amount of effort to keep track of others’ reputation and to effectively manage their own. This … Continue reading
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Envy Up, Scorn Down: How Status Divides Us
Professor Susan Fiske wrote in this 2011 book: * Walking down a dark alley, you spot an approaching figure. What is the first thing you want to know? If you are a sentry, you cry out, “Halt! Who goes there? … Continue reading
Is Gossip Good?
Judaism’s laws of proper speech Libel and Gossip Gossip As A Gauge Of A Religion's Commitment To Reality: Every religion (and every moral system) of which I am aware condemns gossip. None do it in as minute detail as Judaism. … Continue reading