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> educated and gainfully employed Well. In this case, he may just don't want to care too much about financial math because he does not have any financial issue
by dengnan 12y ago
> educated and gainfully employed
Well. In this case, he may just don't want to care too much about financial math because he does not have any financial issue pressing him to consider that part.
Paul Erdős might not care about his own financial status as well, but that does not mean he will pay all he has to buy an iPad.
- mikeash 12y agoIt could be, but there are a frightening number of people out there who earn big incomes but still live beyond their means and aren't able to do the math (or make the changes) needed to fix the problem.
- 67726e 12y agoIt's surprisingly easy for this to be the case. I'm not particularly great with my salary, entirely because I don't have any pressures. I'm in my early 20s, near the 6-figure threshold and it's easy to fuckup. You think, well I should be living in a nice place, I make enough money right? So you lease a penthouse. So you've got this nice condo, you need new furniture, right? Then your car you've had since college starts acting funky, so why not just buy a new one? Been there, done that. I mostly broke even on my expenditures and maintained my savings, less a downpayment on a new Civic, but you could see how things could go wrong when you get into that mentality. Now consider the similar case but with folks with little earning power. Worst case, I could break my lease and live somewhere cheaper. Worst case, they're on the streets.