When John was traveling in Southeast Asia, he observed a man suddenly become highly excited, violently attack other people and throw items around the marketplace. He was later told by a friend that the man quickly recovered and had no memory of his aggressive behavior. The friend pointed out that the man had a culture-bound syndrome called

Amok

Explanation:

Amok is a psychic behavior that is unruly and characterised by feelings of unrest followed by a desire to kill. It is usually practised in South eastern Asian Culture, but recently it has been associated with mental disorders which the individual may not even realised he carried out after recovery.

This behaviour, Amok, is a culture bound syndrome was carried out by the man who attacked the market as described by John when he travelled.

I believe the answer is: The way to financial security

If we observe human civilizations across history (pre and after the concept of humanitarian exist) , the gap between poor and rich were always exist.
This happen because in order to financial security, there is a lot more factors to consider beside increasing our humanitarian perception such as resource management, talent development, time put into work, and luck