Douglas_Knight comments on On the Power of Intelligence and Rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 25 December 2009 06:38:15PM 3 points [-]

Then you must not be measuring success by absolute wealth. How are you measuring it?

Even if you want to measure success by money, absolute wealth is not a good measure because of inheritance. Four of the 10 richest americans are survivors of Sam Walton.