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by splintercell 2240 days ago
Because they don't scale.

This is like asking why JK Rowling is a billionaire but your neighbor who only sold 10 children's books is not.

Teachers and Scientists who scale are billionaires[1][2] or centimillionaires [3]

1. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/30/indias-newest-billionaire-is...

2. James Watson, Ronda Stryker, Gordon Moore

3. Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Jane Goodall, Noam Chomsky