Reading the article I had a sinking feeling that people haven't been honest with this writer (particularly their interpretation for why they are not as rich as

Reading the article I had a sinking feeling that people haven't been honest with this writer (particularly their interpretation for why they are not as rich as Elon Musk seems incomplete). It's like when kids on a bad soccer team play against kids on a good soccer team and get their asses kicked to the moon and back... and then they still all go and get ice cream. Sure, that avoids hurting anyone's feelings, but it also removes valuable signal (eg: whenever I play soccer other kids get ice cream and I get none, so screw this and let's find something else that's a better fit for me, like music, science, art, whatever).