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VOLUME XXI | SEP 2018
Age, race or need for instant gratification — which best predicts how much you will earn?

Dr. David Lowemann
Dr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering
Dr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering
Traditional statistics have allowed researchers to understand which things — like education, occupation and gender — predict how much a person will earn. Now, in the first study of its kind, researchers have used machine learning to rank the importance of these factors, finding that a person’s ability to delay immediate gratification is among the best predictors of affluence.