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If it makes you feel any better, there was no particular shortage of idiots there either, just like any other place.

• sadamznintern 8y ago
  Oh no doubt! But I'd rather be a well paid and connected idiot than a poorly paid smart person.
  • Jedd 8y ago
    > But I'd rather be a well paid and connected idiot than a poorly paid smart person. As an aside, this is always an interesting thought experiment. I read an example in John Carreyrou's Bad Blood (Theranos expose) recently: "Several members of the Frat Pack joined Greg and two of his colleagues from the engineering department for lunch on the big terrace overlooking the parking lot one day. A discussion about the low IQs of some of the world’s top soccer players led them to debate the question, Would you rather be smart and poor or dumb and rich? The three engineers all chose smart and poor, while the Frat Pack voted unanimously for dumb and rich. Greg was struck by how clearly the line was drawn between the two groups. They were all in their mid-to late twenties with good educations, but they valued different things."
    • sadamznintern 8y ago
      Yup, I remember that bit too - I found myself agreeing with the Duke group as well. I grew up pretty upper middle class but I am absolutely poor compared to the circle Holmes' family was in, and I grew up pretty smart but definitely stupid compared to the circles she was in at Stanford. Its far easier to make a comfortable living off of a trust fund and family connections than actually having to move up the ladder at even Google.