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How to get rich quick in Silicon Valley
The most desirable career of the 21st century, with numerous advantages over other fast-growing occupations such as hospice carer and rickshaw driver, is being a billionaire. Prior to the incorporation of US Steel in 1901, the world didn’t have a single billion-dollar company, much less a billion-dollar individual. Today, more people than ever are becoming billionaires – 2,000 and counting have made the great leap upward, according to the “global wealth team” at Forbes. And the US’s hottest billionaire factory is located in the most hyped yet least understood swath of suburban sprawl in the world: Silicon Valley.
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The Idiocracy is here to stay.
One good solid stockmarket crash or, even better, a neat derivatives dip and their wealth is poof gone.
But people’s stupidity is here to stay.
As long as we're claiming intelligence, yes.