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I kinda do. If you're so smart, why ain't you rich?
by juliangregorian 11y ago
I kinda do. If you're so smart, why ain't you rich?
- pmlnr 11y ago/off Because one have a soul and may not want to rip off others?
- juliangregorian 11y agoSounds like the excuses a loser would make.
- koonsolo 11y agoDo you mean rich people don't have a soul and became rich because they rip off others? I would think most rich people got there because they created something valuable enough for people to pay money for it.
- gorena 11y agoMost rich people are rich because their parents gave them money.
- bryanlarsen 11y agoThat's so oversimplified that it's not true. mklim's comment is more accurate.
- mklim 11y agoJust in case you're not being sarcastic—the level of resources you have access to as a child is much more tightly correlated to how much money you make as an adult than individual IQ, at least in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socio-economic_mobility_in_the_United_States#Causes_and_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socio-economic_mobility_in_the... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_of_poverty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_of_poverty http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/05/12/american-meritocracy-isnt-what-it-used-to-be-in-five-charts/ http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/05/12/american-meritocra...