RE: How Does Money Change Your Behavior or Beliefs?
Interesting read and video. The video isn't particularly meaningful though. If someone offered me a few dollars to say would I change my beliefs I would say 'yeah of course, bring it on' and then I would walk around the corner and change my belief right back again. In short, for an experiment such as this I would gladly lie just to take the money. No harm done.
Beliefs require evidence to change. Someone could offer me a million dollars to actually believe (i.e. not just say) that SantaClaus really existed and I couldn't take it because that belief would require evidence to change it. Likewise Values are deeply ingrained. Most people will not change their values for any amount of money because it is part of their identity.
Money is just energy, some people will abuse that energy, others will do good with it. I think the real debate is about empathy.
You would have the behavior of lying for money? So money would change your behavior.
I get what you're saying but that was the point of the video. To show how someone would change their behavior or belief for money. I'm sure they would walk away and still go back to behaving or believing as they usually do. It's like how a lot of men's behaviors change when women are around.
Sure, I would lie in that particular situation, because there are no real harm done, apart from perhaps the wallet of the person running the experiment, but he expected to lose some money anyway so no harm done.
As for a belief, it can only be changed with evidence. What if I offer someone a million dollars to believe that the earth is flat? They might say the earth is flat just to get the million, but their belief would not change. Not without some solid evidence.
I 'believe' (excuse the pun) that money only corrupts those who already had bad values or already corrupt people attain money because they have been relentless and without empathy. Money is easier to come for those who lack empathy because they are able to attain it at any cost to others. The rest of us would think twice and consider the cost to others. The tragedy is that our society actually rewards sociopaths.