The problem is that it’s easier to be a brain-damaged, ex-player millionaire than a brilliant scientist millionaire. This country shits on intelligence and worships entertainment
Define easier… Being a brilliant scientist (or engineer) will get you comfortably a mid-6-figure job in and research lab. That will make you a millionaire in about a decade if you are responsible with your savings, and there’s tens of thousands of those in the world, maybe hundreds.
Folks who point at football players as proof of what we value miss the mark entirely, you and I have more in common with the football player when it comes to percentage of value they generate vs receive.
The problem is that it’s easier to be a brain-damaged, ex-player millionaire than a brilliant scientist millionaire. This country shits on intelligence and worships entertainment
Define easier… Being a brilliant scientist (or engineer) will get you comfortably a mid-6-figure job in and research lab. That will make you a millionaire in about a decade if you are responsible with your savings, and there’s tens of thousands of those in the world, maybe hundreds.
Folks who point at football players as proof of what we value miss the mark entirely, you and I have more in common with the football player when it comes to percentage of value they generate vs receive.