money = motivation ? (Score 1)

hm. Graham is talking about smart people without knowing how "smart" works. In my view, the most important ingredient for resourcefull brains is a stable childhood far away from arm races at stock markets (or games of rich people in general). Money, nice environments, cafes, etc. are all second order effects, what you need in the first place is time and encouragement to explore new paths to bear frustrations and disbeliefs of people with influence.