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Why aren't teachers or scientists billionaires?

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Because they don't scale.

This is like asking why JK Rowling is a billionaire but your neighbor who only sold 10 children's books is not.

Teachers and Scientists who scale are billionaires[1][2] or centimillionaires [3]

2. James Watson, Ronda Stryker, Gordon Moore

3. Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Jane Goodall, Noam Chomsky

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Because they don't scale.

This is like asking why JK Rowling is a billionaire but your neighbor who only sold 10 children's books is not.

Teachers and Scientists who scale are billionaires[1][2] or centimillionaires [3]

2. James Watson, Ronda Stryker, Gordon Moore

3. Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Jane Goodall, Noam Chomsky

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