26 - Richard Wilkinson: Inequality, Health, and Positive Psychology
Stanford Psychology Podcast
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Why People Value Hard Work and Showing Off
I think the people the top are probably the most driven, you know, perhaps the people who feel most strongly that they really need to prove themselves. Maybe there's some underlying stronger in security there that has to be er, which leads to that kind of behaviour. And i know if i on a million pounds, somehow im, i wouldn't be putting any effort into getting another mi. I have really noticed this. Some people live in mansions, and i would call them castles, with their own towers. It's just, it's a lot of conspicuous consumptions we've been talking about. Ah, but this is all still in somewhat blaming the individuals and their abstract philosophy for it
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