While having money doesn’t necessarily make anybody anything, the rich are way more likely to prioritize their own self-interests above the interests of other people. [They are] more likely to exhibit characteristics that we would stereotypically associate with, say, assholes.

Posted on March 22, 2013 at 2:25pm.

While having money doesn’t necessarily make anybody anything, the rich are way more likely to prioritize their own self-interests above the interests of other people. [They are] more likely to exhibit characteristics that we would stereotypically associate with, say, assholes.

—UC Berkeley psychologist Paul Piff trying to explain why the rich don’t give to charity.