fascinating....i love that the three year olds shared their stickers, that innately we are all searching for equality (balance, harmony, fairness) even at such a young age. I also thought it was interesting that the super rich like to describe themselves as "middle class", they are uncomfortable with the fact that they are much richer than most, people want to believe that we are all in the same boat, even if they are in their yachts. I agree with you Erica about Keith Payne, heartbreaking. I just heard that some schools (I think in really poor areas) are giving free lunches to everyone so no one feels like Keith.
Read this one, people!! I'd love to see this get bumped up to Article of the Day.
Lots of greats: great writing, great reporting, great research. The insights in this article are relevant to literally everyone. It's worth it to examine our personal situations as well as the situation that we're in, together, as a society.
So fascinating that in one study, those who learned they earned less than their peers felt like losers, but those who learned they earned more were indifferent. Why weren't the high earners gratified?
The article explores this question through such poignant stories. The moment Keith Payne realizes he's poor as a child is heartbreaking. Interesting that nothing changes except his self-perception. Those interviews with wealthy women in Manhattan are INSANE. This made my jaw drop: "“The disparity between the bottom of the 1 percent and the top of the 1 percent is huge."
What do we do with the knowledge that "it’s not greater wealth but greater equity that will make us all feel richer." If everyone knows this, everyone will work toward reducing inequity, and everyone will benefit.
fascinating....i love that the three year olds shared their stickers, that innately we are all searching for equality (balance, harmony, fairness) even at such a young age. I also thought it was interesting that the super rich like to describe themselves as "middle class", they are uncomfortable with the fact that they are much richer than most, people want to believe that we are all in the same boat, even if they are in their yachts. I agree with you Erica about Keith Payne, heartbreaking. I just heard that some schools (I think in really poor areas) are giving free lunches to everyone so no one feels like Keith.
Read this one, people!! I'd love to see this get bumped up to Article of the Day.
Lots of greats: great writing, great reporting, great research. The insights in this article are relevant to literally everyone. It's worth it to examine our personal situations as well as the situation that we're in, together, as a society.
Great overlap with another stellar article that got some play on reallyread.it a few months back: https://reallyread.it/articles/-the-new-york-times-company/what-the-rich-wont-tell-you
(So fun when real reading pays off!!)
So fascinating that in one study, those who learned they earned less than their peers felt like losers, but those who learned they earned more were indifferent. Why weren't the high earners gratified?
The article explores this question through such poignant stories. The moment Keith Payne realizes he's poor as a child is heartbreaking. Interesting that nothing changes except his self-perception. Those interviews with wealthy women in Manhattan are INSANE. This made my jaw drop: "“The disparity between the bottom of the 1 percent and the top of the 1 percent is huge."
What do we do with the knowledge that "it’s not greater wealth but greater equity that will make us all feel richer." If everyone knows this, everyone will work toward reducing inequity, and everyone will benefit.
Read What The Rich Won't Tell You. It's also insanely good.
(^Link in my comment above)