The automatic assumption between “smart” and “rich” is a link made by stupid people or the just plain intellectually lazy.<p>I’ve met smart people who enjoy intellectual challenge but are low in industriousness so don’t desire the process of monitizing the intellect<p>Smart people who are low in orderliness so they are too chaotic to focus enough to monitize.<p>Smart people who have particular skills that a capitalistic society doesn’t value.<p>And what is the definition of “smart” here? The article spouting off IQ numbers is the bare minimum effort to try and quantise something that in reality has multiple dimensions - fluid intelligence, domain knowledge, wisdom, originality, creativity, all of which are dimensions of smart but not always connected to wealth<p>All that “Smart == Rich” does is create entitlement and bitterness among the lazy intellectuals and should be stamped out - if you want to be rich, being smart can help, but so much more is required.