The High IQ Trap. Jake Claver.
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Claver reflects on the relationship between intelligence and risk-taking, drawing on Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers. He says that working hard can take a person a certain distance financially, but reaching the highest levels of wealth also requires timing, relationships, and the ability to recognize specific opportunities. He describes a finding from the book that people with very high IQs often refuse to take risks because they can accurately calculate how unlikely success is, whereas people with somewhat lower intelligence will attempt things anyway. He frames this as one reason extreme wealth is rare, and applies it to his own willingness to take chances.
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