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Poker is / was a unprecedented opportunity for 18-22 year olds to a)make lots of money AND b)accumulate an amount of wisdom within a few years it takes most people decades to reach. Future financial success will depend on one's focus on B rather than A, because a focus on B is simply a longer path to A, while a focus on A while disregarding B is a path to financially spoiled ruin, regardless to how much money was made.

In other words, its all about what you learned, partially because the people who are in the top echelon of "accumulated wisdom" are by defualt successful enough financially where the difference between their networth and that of the top top "financial" echelon is not going to be important in the long-term.