Take Two ‘Normal’ People, Add Money To Just One Of Them, And Watch What Happens Next

Science can explain a lot of things that I’ve always wondered about (go, science!). In this case, it explains what I’ve known for a long time but been unable to quite understand: Why do some folks who have a lot more money than others seem to be less nice and more evil to everyone around…

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Jul 12, 2013

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