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[infinitemind]

I wonder if the real movers of this world played well with others when they were young. Did they share, or did they stake a claim to what was theirs and defend that claim?

Would definitely be a fun child psychology project. Hmm, i wonder if there's any data on this now. Time to research.

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[infinitemind]

No one specific, actually. But if i had to think of people that i might have thought of upon writing, i'd look towards such entrepreneurs as John D Rockefeller, Bill Gates, Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos, etc. The thought actually came as karen was mentioning that her cousin, who had just entered kindergarten (i think), was having a little problem with sharing.

But you extended the initial reach of my post quite well. What would be the difference in behavior between a physicist , an innovative businessman, and a novelist? And how does this fall back in line with my initial question? Which might generally possess a more selfish attitude?

And to take that a bit deeper, i wonder to what extent these children tend to be punished for their selfishness, if indeed they do have a stronger sense of self interest than the average whiny brat.

My general hypothesis is that some children, for whatever reason, are generally more selfish than others, and if left alone enough for that selfishness to develop (and checked enough so that they don't become too narcissistic) these are the children that tend to develop into the real doers of the world.