The Correlation Between Wealth, Empathy, and Greed

The experiment revealed that feeling financially superior to others can lead to a sense of superiority itself. Professor Piff suggested that the possession of money, particularly the ability to acquire large personal spaces, may contribute to reduced empathy. Wealthier individuals tend to be socially independent, requiring less reliance on others and possibly resulting in a lack of empathy towards others' experiences. However, the podcast questions whether greed itself is inherently bad, proposing that being greedy for social justice or environmental preservation could be desirable.