Why do the super-rich take more risks than the rest of us ?

[UM-Bot]

Psychologist Nigel Holt investigates why billionaires seem to put themselves in danger more than the average person.

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/368216/why-do-the-super-rich-take-more-risks-than-the-rest-of-us

[Piney]

36 minutes ago, UM-Bot said:

Psychologist Nigel Holt investigates why billionaires seem to put themselves in danger more than the average person.

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/368216/why-do-the-super-rich-take-more-risks-than-the-rest-of-us

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[Stiff]

16 minutes ago, Piney said:

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My thoughts exactly.

[Roshman]

Because they have made lots of money and no longer care??

[joseraul]

Let's see them go to high school in inner city Baltimore.

 

 

But forreal, if there is a correlation, then my theory is the super wealthy do not pine for normal things since all needs are met/desires satisfied so there are no more surprises in the material world. And so yes they go for more risky behavior to hit the reward center in the brain. Also, because of their success and a life of minimal suffering they tend to believe themselves more invincible then say, the average person.

Edited July 3, 2023 by joseraul

[Roshman]

The wealthy risk takers MIGHT argue that they made lots of money via 'smart' risk taking. Bill Gates et. al. are not all reckless!

Edited July 3, 2023 by Roshman

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

The more money you have, the fewer people around you say “no”. 

[George Ford]

6 hours ago, Piney said:

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So it's apparently:-

"Capitalism is all about consumption - and it rules most of the world. From heavily branded handbags and sleek sportscars to expensive activities, it's what we do and what many of us value. We even consume to fulfil our existential desires.

What might those be? "Eudaimonia" is about living life to the full in a satisfying way. Aristotle described it as the very highest of human virtues - a positive and divine state of being. Epicurus, his contemporary, argued that pleasurable living is the most authentic way to describe eudaimonia."

My take on it is that it was a mix of 'oh look at me doing things that make me look richer and more brave than those other humans below me', mixed with no real understanding of the danger they were in. Same as people that climb Everest, they do it to prove they 'are better than the rest of us' and get a kick out of it the special attention they gain from it all. 

I think there was that one old French guy on there that got the real euphoria from seeing the wreck of an old cruise liner that killed so many. I don't get it, like imagine it was just a smaller boat with only a couple families in and they all dies, imagine obsessing going to see that? A bit sick really.

[openozy]

They think because they lead a charmed life they are invincible, nobody or anything will hurt me. I don't believe wealth equals common sense.

[simplybill]

I think for some people there’s an ingrained need for  discovery  that can now only be satisfied with the adrenaline rush of risk-taking, because most of the great discoveries are a thing of the past. There may never be another Roald Amundsen or John Powell. After Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquered Mount Everest, the throngs of people who have followed in their footsteps are basically tourists with no claim to fame for their accomplishments.

Maybe the thrill of being ‘first’ in discovering or doing something new is now mainly in the realms of space exploration and molecular science?  (Just speculating).

 

 

[Shadowsfall]

Read somewhere recently of a theory that they may have been alive after initial electrical malfunction.unable to loosen the weights so dived headfirst down to the bottom till implosion……scary **** no matter how rich u are.Seemingly now the Challenger disaster was off the same ilk….