Is he one of us?

[Jon Cole]

Check out the first few paragraphs

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/11/02/seth.priebatsch.scvngr/index.html?hpt=C1

Edited November 2, 2010 by Jon Cole

[george 53]

Jon, the guy dropped outta PRINCETON!!! Unless we got us some hidden genius's I'd say no. BUT he DOES look like a model car guy.!!! :lol:

[Danno]

Jon, the guy dropped outta PRINCETON!!! Unless we got us some hidden genius's I'd say no. BUT he DOES look like a model car guy.!!! :lol:

Speak for yourself, George.

[sjordan2]

Just like us?

He says he has OCD, so that matches.

However, the similarities seem to fade away when you consider he's a potential zillionaire.

[Danno]

Just like us?

He says he has OCD, so that matches.

However, the similarities seem to fade away when you consider he's a potential zillionaire.

Well, I'm a potential zillionaire, too. I just haven't lived up to my potential (in that regard) ... and never will!

[highway]

Well, I'm a potential zillionaire, too. I just haven't lived up to my potential (in that regard) ... and never will!

Yeah, just like I'm a potential millionaire, IF I EVER HIT THE LOTTERY!!!!

[Danno]

Yeah, just like I'm a potential millionaire, IF I EVER HIT THE LOTTERY!!!!

Exactly!

[Harry P.]

i think he's more the diecast collector than a model car builder. somehow i don't think he'd be much for building models.

maybe Gregg or Harry can call him for an interview and magazine article.

I don't think that would interest too many readers. No offense to him, but so what that he builds or collects model cars? So do a lot of people... that doesn't make for a particularly interesting magazine article unless the person is a big name in the hobby itself, or a well-known celebrity or otherwise famous person.

Just my 2¢...

[peter31a]

Yeah! I was born to be rich..... Too bad I was apparently switched at birth.

[Kaleb]

Im 27 and working on my third million, gave up on the first two. You know what they say third times the charm.

[Harry P.]

not so fast Harry! i thought Model Cars magazine wanted "us"? here is a young guy who may be of interest to the readers of the magazine. maybe he does build, and maybe he's really good at it too. it would be nice to see a feature in the magazine of a young builders models and talents, just my 2 pennies

Go to his website and email him. Maybe he'll give you an interview!

(I found his site by googling his name)

[jbwelda]

>Since genius IQ starts at 140, & mine has tested out consistently between 165-175

very very very seldom do people/kids get told their IQ as measured on an actual reputable IQ test.

i call bullbleep.

thanks for one of your best ever posts though, and youve really been on a roll.

[Terror]

Sounds to me he's trying to hard to be a little guy.If you can't tell I don't cotton to CEO's.Haven't met one yet that I like.Not at all interested in this guy.

[Jon Cole]

Ooops. I deleted the pic in the OP from my Fotki, and it disappeared from here. You're not missing much.

[charlie8575]

I was reading the reader comments underneath. Sometimes, those are more informative and/or interesting than the article.

One reader observed "he seems to have sold his soul to the Devil." And working like that, I have to agree.

As much as I'd like to have insane amounts of money, I value the rest of my life too much to have burned myself out probably by 30, based on that guy, to have done that.

As the old song "Enjoy Yourself" goes, "What good is all that money when you're sitting there in your rocking chair?"

Perhaps if he actually did take the time to build a model or two, it might help him put life into perspective.

Being in my mid-30s and back in college, it amazes me how over-driven so many younger people are. On the one hand, it's nice to see them develop some drive, which I rarely saw in almost a decade teaching, but it's come too often at the expense of humanity, ethics, and developing the rest of their personalities and minds.

That, to me, is far too high a price to be paid, and should be discouraged.

Balance is key to success. While everyone's balance is different, to run yourself at full-speed all the time and to feel badly about "unproductive" time like a movie, as the subject of the article stated, leads me to believe that this young man is far, far out of balance.

Contrary to his statements, friends aren't utilitarian. They're the people that'll still be there when your latest money-maker doesn't work as envisioned or some other calamity occurs.

And for God's sake...I don't care how driven/smart he is, if my kid dropped out of any Ivy League school, I'd skin him alive!

Well...at least he wouldn't have to worry about working then.

Charlie Larkin

[Greg Cullinan]

I say if he is,great. And if he isn't, oh well.