Paul Piff at TEDxMarin 2013
Does money make you mean? (transcript)
Summary
Does money make you mean?
Unfortunately, according to the speaker's research that in rigged a game of Monopoly, one player could be rich, money made the rich man mean obviously.
A poor person offered help to another person more than a rich person.
A rich man took candy from a jar of candy more than a poor man, and a rich man broke the law in driving more than a poor man.
The research showed that wealthier individuals were more likely to lie in negotiations and to endorse unethical behavior at work or in life.
However, it turned out that those differences between rich people and poor people were not innate or categorical but small things could change to people's values and nudge of compassion.
If all people can be nudged of compassion and bumped of empathy, we won't feel inequality.
Now, it seems to start that wealthiest individuals use their own economic resources to change in people's behavior and in social values.
It's because not only the American dream but also our world should be the world that we all have an equal opportunity to succeed and prosper, as long as we apply ourselves and work hard.
Words in this story
rig /verb/ make (a sailing ship or boat) ready for sailing by providing it with sails and rigging.
endorse /verb/ declare one's public approval or support of.
nudge /verb/ prod (someone) gently, typically with one's elbow, in order to draw their attention to something.
plight /noun/ predicament, quandary, difficult situation
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