This is the divide between those with an analytical mind, and those without.
Analytic People
* Have further developed their talent by pursuing an analytic degree
* Mostly, being analytic is a talent that you have or don't have, but not a set of skills that you learn
* Manage their finance well, win more frequently on the stock market
* Avoid losing schemes such as lotteries, casinos (unless they do it for fun, but not for money)
* Use optimized strategies in every aspect of their life, and thus better succeed at finding jobs, buying a house that is not overpriced, etc.
* Some will exploit the lack of numerical acumen from other people, to their advantage: in smart fraud schemes, legal or illegal Ponzi schemes, charging high interest rates and otherwise "mathematically abusing" people and systems that lack good analytics for self-protection
* Their brain power can successfully compete against money: the "data smart" but poor entrepreneur, vs. the wealthy one who is "data poor". In other words, they can more easily acquire a high level status in society even if born in poverty.
* Are not victims of scams.
Non Analytic People
* Don't manage well their finance
* Don't use optimized strategies in life
* May end up with jobs not paying as much, not the best spouse, a house under water etc.
* Have more car accidents (maybe)
* Are exploited / abused / stolen by the "mathematically smart": both by people and systems, both legally (lottery) and illegally (phishing)
* Bad at risk management: underestimate some high risks, overestimate low risks
* Don't have a sense of chance / probabilities, have a hard time predicting future, or end up with wrong predictions
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