mark zuckerburg

While watching Silicon Docks, I pondered how the whole notion that “rich = smart” got started. My best guess is that it originated in the 90s when companies that dealt in technology and computers started becoming the most profitable. These companies at the time were founded by literal nerds. Bill Gates, the head of Microsoft, was the very Steve Urkel stereotype everyone expected back then — large glasses, gawky appearance, timid speaker. The belief in the media was that Gates became rich and powerful because he was smarter than everyone else. And he might’ve been. But even though the tech industry was built from the minds of guys like this, they started getting pushed out in favor of figureheads. Steve Jobs of Apple was the most influential one. Jobs did not actually invent or engineer any of the products he introduced. He was just good at selling them. Everyone else took notice and found their own monoliths for the press to worship. The Tech NERD started getting replaced by the