The tradition of eating and drinking at fancy restaurants, laughing and telling stories, and generally engaging in pecuniary emulation, while homeless people sit outside on the street begging for quarters, is a level of antisocial behavior that I cannot imagine in any other species.
Discussion
Growth, success, development… all exist only within the eyes of the beholder. Contentment, security, and satisfaction with life exist in quantum states like every quality within the universe. Every point in space, every field, represents a different level of satisfaction. My perception of the world, and your perception of the world, both entitled by luck, race, birth, genetics, and location, provide us little understanding of the needs and perceptions of others. We are neutered by quantum isolation.
Male lions kill the cubs when they take over a pride