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No, they won't. That is not rational thinking. You could probably afford one parking ticket per year, so do you go out and deliberately double park once a year?

No, they won't. That is not rational thinking. You could probably afford one parking ticket per year, so do you go out and deliberately double park once a year? Quick sanity check - Any time you see/hear "rich people will do X" or "rich people should do X", just replace "rich people" with "I" to see if it makes sense. Just because someone has more than you does not make them any better or worse of a person than you. Same goes for the contrary, just because someone has less than you...

archagon 3y ago
They already do. And the wealthier you are, the more likely you are to have sociopathic, psychopathic, and narcissistic traits: * https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-wealth-reduces-compassion/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-wealth-reduce... * https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/1-in-5-ceos-are-psychopaths-australian-study-finds/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/1-in-5-ceos-are-... (Sure, call these pop sci if you want, but I'm not going to seek out primary sources for the sake of an internet comment.) > just replace "rich people" with "I" to see if it makes sense Would I become more of an asshole if I had orders of magnitude more money than the average person? It certainly wouldn't surprise me. At the very least, my ego would get quite inflated.
- 0xbadc0de5 3y ago
  As you're already aware of the value and reliability of citing pop-sci and tabloid sources, I won't highlight it except to point out that even if the data holds (a big if), correlation does not equal causation. And thank you for confirming my suspicion that your argument was more projection than reality. > Would I become more of an asshole if I had orders of magnitude more money than the average person? It certainly wouldn't surprise me. At the very least, my ego would get quite inflated.
  - archagon 3y ago
    Correlation or causation makes no difference here. Regardless of whether you become an asshole by being rich, get rich by being an asshole, or become an asshole for separate wealth-correlated reasons, you will still be more likely to do things like park illegaly, and also have the means to treat any fixed-rate fine as a mosquito bite.
rstuart4133 3y ago
> No, they won't. That is not rational thinking. You could probably afford one parking ticket per year, so do you go out and deliberately double park once a year? Steve Jobs did effectively that: https://conceptdrop.com/blog/43-10-shocking-facts-about-steve-jobs/ https://conceptdrop.com/blog/43-10-shocking-facts-about-stev... Jobs was infamous for parking in the handicapped slot in the parking lot and for driving a silver Mercedes SL55 AMG with a blank license plate. But how?

archagon 3y ago

They already do. And the wealthier you are, the more likely you are to have sociopathic, psychopathic, and narcissistic traits: * https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-wealth-reduces-compassion/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-wealth-reduce... * https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/1-in-5-ceos-are-psychopaths-australian-study-finds/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/1-in-5-ceos-are-... (Sure, call these pop sci if you want, but I'm not going to seek out primary sources for the sake of an internet comment.) > just replace "rich people" with "I" to see if it makes sense Would I become more of an asshole if I had orders of magnitude more money than the average person? It certainly wouldn't surprise me. At the very least, my ego would get quite inflated.

0xbadc0de5 3y ago
As you're already aware of the value and reliability of citing pop-sci and tabloid sources, I won't highlight it except to point out that even if the data holds (a big if), correlation does not equal causation. And thank you for confirming my suspicion that your argument was more projection than reality. > Would I become more of an asshole if I had orders of magnitude more money than the average person? It certainly wouldn't surprise me. At the very least, my ego would get quite inflated.
- archagon 3y ago
  Correlation or causation makes no difference here. Regardless of whether you become an asshole by being rich, get rich by being an asshole, or become an asshole for separate wealth-correlated reasons, you will still be more likely to do things like park illegaly, and also have the means to treat any fixed-rate fine as a mosquito bite.

rstuart4133 3y ago

> No, they won't. That is not rational thinking. You could probably afford one parking ticket per year, so do you go out and deliberately double park once a year? Steve Jobs did effectively that: https://conceptdrop.com/blog/43-10-shocking-facts-about-steve-jobs/ https://conceptdrop.com/blog/43-10-shocking-facts-about-stev... Jobs was infamous for parking in the handicapped slot in the parking lot and for driving a silver Mercedes SL55 AMG with a blank license plate. But how?