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Re:Elon Musk: ‘Too many smart people go into finance and law’ by hn_throwaway_99 on Saturday May 09, 2020 @01:39PM (#23126685)
But again, so what? I mean, on one hand I totally agree with you. But on the other it doesn't change the fact that, societally, the risk-reward profile of things like finance and advertising are much better than other "bigger" pursuits.

I mean, as many others have pointed out, Musk had to get rich first in the finance world before he could get enough F.U. money to indulge his real passions.

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Re:Elon Musk: ‘Too many smart people go into finance and law’ by nicoburns on Saturday May 09, 2020 @02:38PM (#23127268)
> the risk-reward profile of things like finance and advertising are much better than other "bigger" pursuits.

That's precisely the problem that I (and Musk it seems) are pointing out. These activities shouldn't have better reward profiles.

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