[boeingUH60]

A higher number of those billionaires, Nobel prize winners, and political leaders in the US went to elite schools like Harvard and Yale.

They undoubtedly have higher impacts on society, not because they are the smartest, but because having an elite school degree unlocks opportunities that are not available to average person…for all our talks about meritocracy, humans still pay more attention to signaling, branding, and marketing…and the elite schools know how to milk that for money and power.

[giantg2]

"A higher number of those billionaires, Nobel prize winners, and political leaders in the US went to elite schools like Harvard and Yale."

Again, any numbers on that?

"not because they are the smartest, but because having an elite school degree unlocks opportunities"

Or did they go to an elite school because they already came from money, which is the true source of those opportunities.

[listenallyall]

> any numbers on that?

Current US Supreme Court:

  Alito - Yale 
  Coney Barrett - Notre Dame
  Brown Jackson - Harvard
  Gorsuch - Harvard
  Kavanaugh - Yale
  Kagan - Harvard
  Roberts - Harvard
  Sotomayor - Yale
  Thomas - Yale

Noticing anything?

[giantg2]

That's 9 people in one profession. A profession that specifically has restrictions on who can be a lawyer and judge. I can name people who didn't graduate from college, or graduated from non-ivy schools too. Considering technology is extremely influential in shaping out lives, you'll probably find it interesting how many of these people never even graduated from college.

https://www.developgoodhabits.com/successful-people-college/

I'm looking for actual stats.