I have admiration for any person that makes a contribution, whether liberal arts, science, engineering, or God forbid, accounting.
“It ain’t nursing and accounting grads interviewing the mayor.” Agree, and the people interviewing the mayor and getting to the bottom of things are important. But also it "ain’t " the liberal arts grads (although they may have focused on that as an undergrad) saving your kids’s life as a nurse or doctor or radiology technician . The engineers and scientists are dealing with the current flooding and erosion and crazy stuff going on now that many of us are dealing with. All the “vocational stuff” and expertise that we all depend on.
I certainly don’t know any super rich people that go back generations. Some families have done better with their wealth and legacy than others. Patrick Kennedy has just done a memoir that talks about the secrets in his family, like alcoholism and mental health issues. I think it is tough to maintain any kind of multigenerational legacy and I think there is pressure and stress with that which I don’t envy.
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