How much personal wealth is too much. Can "biological" and psycological considerations set limits to social and economic practicess.
Assume you own big chunks of land. Progressively you add more and more and you own so much that you can hardly see the other end, on flat land, when standing at the one side. You are pleased and happy and most probably proud, positive feelings that they say it's good for you, they contribute to your wellbeing. As business is very good....you keep buying more land and you can't see it all (seeing is very important for perception) anymore. To make a long story short, you have under your possession the land of the whole state and then all northwest of the country or the continent or the world. DOES THIS MAKE SENSE, DO YOU FEEL ANYTHING THINKING OF YOUR POSSESSIONS.
The human brain doesn't have the capacity to comprehend it. It's like thinking of the universe and trying to understand how big it is, and where are its boundaries. BLANK, your mind stops, no matter how capable and clever you may be.
That's how it is with money too, it makes, in my opinion, sense to earn and have in your possession dozens or hundreds of millions and at the most a few billion, but dozens of billions ? BLANK, COMPLETELY BLANK. Is unaturally high. These people have stopped feeling how much is their wealth, worth. Can't think of it, nobody's brain has the capacity, even if they think of it with reference to what they can buy. Biologically speaking.
PS. More to come on rich, accumulating extra wealth; the tip of the iceberg and the others below; they would have produced the same for the society if they have made 5bn and not 50bn with different profit "rates", they would have been equally lured by their gains; How to divide the pies then.
The human brain doesn't have the capacity to comprehend it. It's like thinking of the universe and trying to understand how big it is, and where are its boundaries. BLANK, your mind stops, no matter how capable and clever you may be.
The human being is mental and psychological/sentimental entity, wants always to find sense and experiences feelings. Very, very few, if any, are different than this, some of their brain circuitries have defects or have been neutralized, like it's done with the amygdala for example for fearfull situations, and they live their lives numb.
That's how it is with money too, it makes, in my opinion, sense to earn and have in your possession dozens or hundreds of millions and at the most a few billion, but dozens of billions ? BLANK, COMPLETELY BLANK. Is unaturally high. These people have stopped feeling how much is their wealth, worth. Can't think of it, nobody's brain has the capacity, even if they think of it with reference to what they can buy. Biologically speaking.
PS. More to come on rich, accumulating extra wealth; the tip of the iceberg and the others below; they would have produced the same for the society if they have made 5bn and not 50bn with different profit "rates", they would have been equally lured by their gains; How to divide the pies then.
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