| ▲ | botswana99 15 hours ago |
| The dude has obviously never met a multimillionaire owner of an auto body shop, a house demolition business, or a plumber. Did they do well in high school calc class? No. Are they richer than the author? Yes Blowing up the cognitive hierarchy is a gift that AI gives us. Let's move into an age where hard work and character matter more than your SAT score at 17. |
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| ▲ | triceratops 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Why do you think a high SAT score doesn't need "hard work and character"? |
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| ▲ | trillic 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The SAT is a measure of test-taking ability, socioeconomic status, a narrow band of academic skills, and processing information under time pressure. I don't think it measures much else. Why do you think the SAT is a measure of hard work or character? | | | |
| ▲ | dragonwriter 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > Why do you think a high SAT score doesn't need "hard work and character"? Well, it absolutely doesn't need both, because I got one without, at least, the first of those (beyond the extent that "getting up early on a Saturday" and "sitting calmly while bored out of my mind after finishing each portion of the test waiting for time to expire" is "hard work".) I like to think I had the second, but it didn't seem particularly relevant to the test in any way. | |
| ▲ | botswana99 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | The SAT, like general intelligence, is half hard work and half inherited ability, from what I've read. Characteristics that you have no control over, like height, intelligence, race, or sex, should not determine your wealth. It should really be about hard work and character; that's fair. At least in the U.S., there are too many industries like law, venture capital, or VC-invested startup founders, where the pedigree of your school is what matters to your success. | |
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| ▲ | ixlixl 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| AI automating (almost) all white collar work will concentrate all those salaries into the hands of a very small group of people. BTW the number of plumbers who become multimillionaires is vanishingly small, while the number of SWE who have in the last 15 years is enormous by comparison. |
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| ▲ | botswana99 15 hours ago | parent [-] | | Neither statement is true, unfortunately. The reports that you read in the media don't reflect the state of the world. In the US, most plumbers and SWE make between 100-200K. The way to wealth is to start one's own business. Hence, hard work and character. | | |
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