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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel awkward around very successful creative people - people who are totally winning the game of life by writing books that people read, producing shows that people watch, designing coats that I see worn every day. But an investment banker who makes a living by skimming off his clients or a rich plastic surgeon who exploits women’s insecurities? Yuck, I feel sorry for them. [/quote]

I feel the exact opposite. Artists and designers are a dime a dozen. Tons of talented people who have not become well published, famous, or successful simply because they have not been discovered or have not done some immoral thing to be referred by an established person in the society. The arts/design/creative field is an artificially maintained circle of exclusivity, giving rise to such hacks as JD Salinger.

On the other hand, someone who is in finances, investments, or a plastic surgeon is doing something methodical, rigorous, and practiced, and the only way they succeed is by being good at what they do. The occasional conman like Madoff are eventually discovered and hauled off to jail. [/quote]

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