 Patanjali suggests that greed and coveting material wealth increases greed and possessiveness, a cycle that distracts from good reasons for activity that should motivate a person, and ultimately to a state where a person seeks material wealth without effort and by harming, hurting or impoverishing someone else, or some living creature.Yoga Sutra's sutra 2.39 states,

A quote explaining what John McAfee puts forth in regards to the influence of greed on human behaviors, connections between a few attachments