Thrive Perspectives: What Makes Us Click?

What makes us click? Why do we find ourselves drawn to posts that make our blood boil? Is it outrage—or is it something deeper, something in us that craves the rush of being provoked? When you scroll past that headline designed to enrage, do you pause… or do you dive in? And when you dive in, what happens to your spirit? Does anger sharpen your sense of justice—or does it cloud your vision of grace? Could it be that rage bait isn’t just about algorithms and attention, but about temptation? About the subtle lure to trade patience for reaction, gentleness for hostility, love for division? How do we resist being baited into battles that fracture community and harden our hearts? And what might it look like to respond—not with rage—but with wisdom and humility?