Why are people such jerks?: Dan Currell at TEDxGustavusAdolphusCollege 

was i the only one who ACTUALLY searched this because wanted to know why humanity sucks?

there are too many narcissists in my town.

This is more, "Under what conditions do jerks thrive?".

People are assholes because they have a power to be. Or at least you GIVE them the power to.

Reporting a problem is usually where your position becomes problematic. We have a conformist society, designed to reward jerks. Smart people are jerks.

The title of this TED talk should be "Why people don't report corporate misconduct."

Being nice gets you nowhere; it just makes people jealous. Jealous of kindness and jealous of success. Most people are fairly horrible. and you can't say it. I live for my music and I care more about my TV than most people. It gives me more pleasure and 'good information'.....

I see company violations everyday, you are right it’s not worth reporting it. No back bone in my company

This needs to be reposted with the audio corrected at the end! Otherwise I think it's a relevant and informative talk. People act like jerks because we live in a world of imperfect, broken human beings. People must choose to do the right thing it starts with the individual. Only the Gospel promises to change people from the heart. From the inside out. Companies can only do so much and if there isn't integrity at the top, how can there be integrity among employees. But this conversation is a good place to start.

Organizations are wrong on most fronts.

I ask miself this everyday

So many stats and so much chatter here. Bottom line is: Accountability, follow through, and follow up is the only way to change behavior habits in an organization.

HOw about the manager that won't do their job, so you can't get anything done, so you end up doing their job AND YOUR job then getting grilled for it? How about that supervisor who evaluates your performance based on what other people do or fail to do and it goes in your permanent record 5 times a year? How about that idiot who hired you and then does everything they can to make your life difficult? How about that coworker who you have to work with who can't remember important dates and you are constantly having to watch out for them like they are a little kid or a senile old fart? Or that team member who refuses to communicate with you about the project as the deadline looms large? How about the secretary who shrieks, howls, blabs, and cackles so loudly all day long that you can't concentrate on your work? or that annoying asshole who pops into your work area and starts babbling a bunch of nonsense so you lose focus on your task? How about that HR person who refuses to help you deal with that workplace harassment and instead threatens you with trouble if you push things? How about that other supervisor who is gone 80% of the time and refuses to answer any of your questions when you happen to catch them? Or how about that fucker who accuses you of breaking a printer when you didn't and runs around spreading said lie to everyone? Or that old person who has been there 100 years and still doesn't know a damn thing? Or how about you getting no training or proper supervision and then realizing everyone has talked shit about your lack of skills and even your character behind your back for years? And finally, not least, how about that person they hired in from outside who knows absolutely nothing about the job/skills/processes required to be your supervisor when you know you are way better qualified?

Because they are tired of being taken advantage off by other people.

I think the real question when it comes to a work environment is why does office politics exist? Many reasons for that, BS rolls downhill, nepotism, preferential association over qualification, lack of ethics, usury, abuse of power. For the social question of why people abuse other people? Because they know no one will do anything to stop them. To confront someone who directly about a negative practice on how they deal with others around them can get physical which can lead to legal issue where the problem maker does not get corrected but rather protected and also because of the culture going through the right channels to solve a problem can backfire and still protect the problem maker.

this is too intellectual of an explanation for me. I just want to know bluntly why people are such assholes in general...

Very interesting talk

Organizations are the jerks.

People are like this because assault is Illegal lol let’s be honest here. I learned from a young not to do something by getting smacked this needs to be taught to many adults.

What did he say in the end? Before the applause ...

Well I listen right to the end and then then at the end the sound is so bad you can't hear his punchline. Can somebody please tell me what he said?

lol yes, I saw this and thought of my spouse.

people don't like to tattle also because it makes them lame / wusses

Me to myself when I get tunneled and camped in Dead By Daylight

what's the fourth point at 18:03?

Would've upvoted this if not for the weird audio issues.

Miss understanding IDK maybe One person knows to much like words that someone never heard of Fyi only a example but i notice it is kind of weak i got a good one though. Would you want a muffin after i drooled all over it? lol

My last manager told coworkers he thought it was funny I got covid because I was so afraid of getting it. I reported it to higher ups and nothing happened because he's friends with them. He also put something illegal on a performance evaluation and there were no consequences.

Very interesting talk