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I meant more along the lines of: "what if you had to start over with a new identity with nothing but your knowledge? How far could you get?" I'm guessing a lot of currently rich people wouldn't fare well because they inherited the money and have very little knowledge or skills.


Pretty high chance everyone is poor then because you'll be born poor in India, China, or sub-Saharan Africa half of the time and just not get the chance.


Heh, if I went back far enough in time with my current knowledge and skill set, I could make a good run at being King of the World!




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