If Everyone Else is Such an Idiot, How Come You're Not Rich?

Re:If Everyone Else is Such an Idiot, How Come You're Not Rich? by sinzone on Friday December 02, 2011 @07:18PM (#3306367)

You're assuming that all the smartest want to become rich.

Maybe not.

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Re:If Everyone Else is Such an Idiot, How Come You're Not Rich? by daenz on Friday December 02, 2011 @07:45PM (#3306457)

I noticed that too. One explanation could be that many really smart people understand that "the game" is inherently stupid/degrading/unimportant and would rather not waste their intelligence and lives fighting other people to "win" it. Maybe they want to further human understanding in peace and not be a tall poppy that gets cut down all the time[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome

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Re:If Everyone Else is Such an Idiot, How Come You're Not Rich? by sandee on Friday December 02, 2011 @10:29PM (#3306802)

Yes. Ask Stallman, Linus et al

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Re:If Everyone Else is Such an Idiot, How Come You're Not Rich? by _delirium on Saturday December 03, 2011 @10:04PM (#3309714)

Also all the old Bell Labs people who're now at Google. I'm sure Rob Pike could get more money than he does at Google if he wanted to go into the startup game, but he isn't interested.

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