Still Can’t Buy Love

“…just as the human body didn’t evolve to deal well with today’s easy access to abundant fat and sugars, and will crave an extra cheeseburger when it shouldn’t, the human mind, apparently, didn’t evolve to deal with excess money, and will desire more long after wealth has become a burden rather than a comfort.”

Researchers at Boston College prompted the very rich—people with fortunes in excess of $25 million—to speak candidly about their lives and the results are very interesting. It appears that they worry about their children, their relationships, money, religion, spirituality and security. 

Me too. What great wealth does to psychology is a guarded area where little trust survives. This piece was enlightening. 

Thanks to Jay Parkinson for turning me onto this. 

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