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by dlo 3262 days ago
Here's a study you might be interested in:

http://time.com/money/4779223/valedictorian-success-research...

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This study, at least as Time summarizes, seems to be quite badly formed. 81 valendictorians are far too small of a sample size to determine who goes on to be a visionary, given that the baseline odds of being a visionary (whatever that even is) are probably less than 1 in 1000.

The fact that you can randomly sample thought leaders and see a reasonably high number of valedictorians (Peter Thiel, Ben Bernanke) suggests there's a positive correlation.

Why must there ALWAYS be an auto playing video at the top of every article, that does nothing but play music, and show text.
Probably appeals to people with different learning styles than you. Doesn't take much effort for you to stop the video from playing.
It doesn't take much effort to start a video if you should so want it. This method has the added benefit of not annoying folks like me who seriously do not appreciate the noise pollution.