Tehtävä 1 Vastaukset + Perustelut

Vastaukset

1.1 According to research, what can wealth lead to? (3 p.)

> General indifference (välinpitämättömyys) towards other people

"the ability to read emotion on another person's face is diminished by greater wealth ... a sense alienation from other people that seems to accrue with greater wealth"

1.2 Why did the dawn of agriculture cause wealth differentials? (3 p.)

> There was suddenly a surplus of goods (ylijäämä)

"this is the first time there were accumulated resources"

1.3 What is ironic about wealth? (3 p.)

> People use it to buy something considered harmful

> "buy things that separate us from other people [...] one of the most painful things that we can experience is when a group kicks you out ... the reason is that it's associated with survival. [...] we purchase privacy, we purchase separation"

1.4 How does wealth affect the happiness of people who earn more than $70,000 annually in the US? (3 p.)

> It is irrelevant to their happiness (ei merkityksellinen)

"correlation between wealth and happiness levels off (tasoittuu) somewhere around $70,000 per year"