tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13306522.post114723685029071331..comments2023-11-02T01:44:50.012-07:00Comments on Adventures of BruteForce: Friendship and Regression Toward The MeanBrute Forcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10214183612902971524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13306522.post-1147289213593561502006-05-10T12:26:00.000-07:002006-05-10T12:26:00.000-07:00Money is a big part of it. You typically go and ...Money is a big part of it. You typically go and partake in activities with friends, and those activities are predicated by how much money you have. Even with generous friends who just pay for their poorer comrades, it's not fun to feel like a sponge.<BR/><BR/>As for people you spend a lot of time discussing things with, I think that's primarily intelligence. I don't think it's a coincidence that 99% of my friends are probably in the top 1-2% in the world in terms of raw brainpower, despite it seeming a little random while building those relationships.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13306522.post-1147238550679323772006-05-09T22:22:00.000-07:002006-05-09T22:22:00.000-07:00I agree with your summation on the circle of frie...I agree with your summation on the circle of friends. It is rare to find the extremes of wealth in a close friendship, aquaitences are different.<BR/><BR/>But behind wealth is the driver for separation being the intelectual capacity to generate it!<BR/><BR/>Therefore the gravity is not the wealth itself but the inherent ability to build/command it.<BR/><BR/>Some exceptions to this are people who inherit family wealth and scumbag politicians who steal it off the taxpayer to feather their own nests.<BR/><BR/>Regards<BR/>SOUTHERN GENT<BR/>latitude45south@blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.com