Why are people so self-centred?

[Olga]

Self-centeredness is our inherited quality. We’re born egoists. But it was on the rise for last few decades. Mass media contributes to it as well making it into acceptable norm of behavior or culture. Only a few people can recognize wrong in it. Most people cannot simply because they still can get away with their selfishness, lack of sensitivity, etc.

Where does it lead us? Eventually we’ll have to denounce our egoism and change individually and collectively and come up with a new way of relating to one another. This would be a next step in our evolutionary development. By building relationship of mutual consideration and support and we’ll rise to higher level of consciousness as intended by Nature itself.

The idea of new relationship between people is already being explored here - http://www.mutualresponsibility.org/ . Brows the site if you have time. It might resonate with you. All the best!