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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/11/2012 20:05, Stefano Vaj wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 4 November 2012 19:03, James Clement <span
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Most geniuses of this caliber are not turned on by money or
power, but generally want to facilitate making their vision of
the future happen. Most of the ones I've met are humanitarian
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In principle, this is a simple Paretian (or Darwinian?) issue. In
a society where the best thief is king, those who are best mostly
choose to be thieves. Why shouldn't they?<br>
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Motivations are complex. People seek out roles not just based on
their expected reward, but whether they fit with self image and a
long list of criteria (often surprisingly badly researched even in
smart people - how many people spend the same effort weighing future
careers as selecting a house?). <br>
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Looking at this diagram of IQ ranges in occupations <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/occupations.aspx">http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/occupations.aspx</a><br>
it is clear that there is a prepoderance of higher status
occupations in the smarter end. But not all of them are well paid -
college professors are on par with legal occupations, but the latter
pay far better. Same thing with highschool teachers and
finance/accounting, and so on. Also worth noting is that intelligent
people can be found in nearly all occupations: there are fewer in
the low-status ones, but still some. <br>
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The smarter you are, the more options you have. <br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Anders Sandberg,
Future of Humanity Institute
Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University </pre>
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