Same answer, speak for yourself and the people you see in your daily life, because this does not match my experience. Where I live, if you find a scarf on the g

Same answer, speak for yourself and the people you see in your daily life, because this does not match my experience. Where I live, if you find a scarf on the ground, you put it in a clean, well visible spot nearby, so the person who lost it can easily see it if they come by again. I also see people who are going through a heavy door sometimes turn a bit to see if there's someone behind them, lest they get their face smashed by said door. I won't say that's not selfish though; some people would trade 3 seconds of their time here and there gladly for treating others like they would like to be treated. It's swapping time and/or money for less tangible but very valuable "things". But incidentally, this whole "selfish" stuff is kind of a red herring anyway; OP was talking about investors being short-sighted and "paranoid", not investors being selfish. You may say that's the same thing, but I'd disagree, I'd say people "keeping their more to receive their less" isn't people being selfish, it's more like getting stuck in a local optimum. Locally, that's great, globally, that's having lost.