TIL research by Paul Piff suggests that as wealth and independence increase, people consider others’ perspectives less, reducing empathy and reinforcing a self-focused drive to acquire more power and wealth and behave less and less ethically.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1118373109
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