@hightor,
Now I see your post (which I had mistakenly downgraded).
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Emphatically, 'better equipped' rather than 'rewarded', hightor. The necessity to safeguard an arsenal of mental acuity needed to delve into life's exigencies has more profound value than do the attainment of both high income and social status.
Ask either Bernie Madoff or Jeffrey Epstein. - David Lyga