>Really, the highest earning "occupations" (or most prestigious) change as time goes: - in the 1800s many smart people became authors or poets.- in the 1950 man

>Really, the highest earning "occupations" (or most prestigious) change as time goes: - in the 1800s many smart people became authors or poets.- in the 1950 many became physicists - around 2000, many became entrepreneurs (or even venture capitalists) "Many" smart people become just about everything in every time period. I doubt we have the data to justify the assertion the ratios have changed over the years.