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What I'm saying is the correlation between wealth and talent (creativity) is much weaker than the correlation between wealth and who you know or who your family
by gnaritas 17y ago
What I'm saying is the correlation between wealth and talent (creativity) is much weaker than the correlation between wealth and who you know or who your family is and what opportunities those connections got you. I don't believe rich people are more creative, they're just much better connected and able to apply what creativity they have than unconnected people.
- cwan 17y agoLet me ask you this - who would you consider to be more creative? (a) a person who could be more creative doing piece work at a factory (b) a person who may be less creative performing some form of art Both these individuals may have arrived at their respective current jobs in life but I'm not saying that opportunities had nothing to do with it. With respect to rich people, I am saying that high income earners have to maintain a higher output of creativity on average to maintain that income as a function of their job. I'm not saying that luck doesn't have a lot to do with it, or that geography or ancestry doesn't have to do with it.
- gnaritas 17y agoI'll agree with that in some sense; they have a better opportunity to fully apply whatever creativity they have. However, when creative people aren't fully utilized at work, they tend to shift that creativity into hobbies. Creativity doesn't always pay well, many people are very creative in very unprofitable ways. It's the lucky few who's talent and job cross paths in a way that pays off financially for them.