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I'd be very interested for your evidence there. Both that streamers are higher IQ, and that high IQ means more responsible financial behaviors for people in pow
by wpietri 5y ago
I'd be very interested for your evidence there. Both that streamers are higher IQ, and that high IQ means more responsible financial behaviors for people in power-law industries like this.
I've known plenty of smart people who were terrible with money, and plenty of average people who were very good at managing it. There's a huge gap between intellectual understanding and practical skill. And I've known some brilliant people whose brilliance made them confident the money would keep coming or that the usual dynamics didn't apply to them. Note, for example, that intelligent people are more likely to become addicts: https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/intelligent-people-drugs/ https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/intelligent-people-drugs/