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Greed is humanity's natural desire to better themselves. Sometimes financially.

That's not greed. Reacquaint yourself with the definition ASAP.

True. Greed is (for me) the desire to better yourself while [not caring about] worsening others

No, that's irresponsible greed.

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Well, the question still stands. Do you have a better word for that desire? If so, then we can define greed as "irresponsible X."

[[having trouble recognizing which question still stands.. Going for a desciption of greed]]

Maybe 'irresponsible hoarding' could work.
But greed not only expresses the desire to better yourself, also the desire to obtain power to keep bettering yourself.
Dunno if irresponsible hoarding does the job.

No, hoarding does not successfully express the desire to better yourself. Merely a desire to have more stuff.

I think the desire to better yourself and to obtain the power necessary to keep bettering yourself is a natural and commendable trait. Only when this comes at the expense of others is it irresponsible.