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We've never seen anything like this before.
What this means:
With regard to the number of billionaires being created right now, in the AI world, some/many/most readers would find chapter two of Malcolm Gladwells' 2011 Outliers: The Story of Success quite fascinating.
Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell, c. 2011.
I have never found Gladwell's book particularly compelling. He does present a number of interesting observations but they seem to be exceptions rather than truisms that would be helpful to college students looking to be the next billionaire. But it is what it is. I wouldn't keep Malcolm Gladwell's book in my library but I'm glad I've read it.
However, having said that, a century from now there will be many books written on the outliers of the early 21st century, specifically, the roaring 20's --if geopolitics doesn't screw it up -- will last well into the thrilling 30s.
ChatGPT prompt: how many billionaires, do you think, have been "created" in Silicon Valley, California, since 2012?
See ChatGPT's reply at this blog.
The numbers are bind-boggling, and most of us have become numb to them. In the old days, we would have been talking about the number of new millionaires, but this is billionaires, and not millionaires, but centimillionaires.
