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> I believe the theory and data indicates that wealth is a mix of (in order): luck, family wealth, social ability, attractiveness, height, intelligence, natural
by _def 4y ago
> I believe the theory and data indicates that wealth is a mix of (in order): luck, family wealth, social ability, attractiveness, height, intelligence, natural abilities which align well with making money (conscientiousness, ability to delay gratification, affinity for work in scalable professions like IT, etc), culture, place of residence, likelihood of sociopathy, and many more.
One could argue that most (if not all) of these factors still come down to being lucky
- chii 4y agoit's too reductionist to attribute luck to all of those factors imho.