Why scientists and engineers struggle in business roles

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Wow! Although I have met people who strike me as being soul-less [tares], I never thought about it quite like that. And coupled with that I have parents who have a WWII/depression frame of reference.

But I think it goes deeper than Catholicism. Consider the myth of Washington and his apple tree, for example. And wasn't it Honest Abe who walked a mile to return a penny, or something like that...? Or maybe those were just stories for the poor people.

And Ben Franklin's "A penny saved is a penny earned." There was a definite Thrift is better than wealth meme, that was going around in our childhood that isn't circulating nearly as much today. The credit card has changed everyone's thinking.