The older you get, the wiser. But the richer you get, the more eccentric. You can see which compounding force wins in successful people— it becomes obvious over time.

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Independence makes someone more true to themselves. That can be a good thing. 

But also interdependence can cause people to mask their undesirable qualities. So independence mutes that, and for some, that is a bad thing.

I agree - and it’s interesting. 

Why do you think that is? 

Is it because that’s who they are and the wealth allows them to lean into it more? Or does the wealth make them more eccentric?

Wait we’re assuming the efficient markets hypothesis for this to be true ser

I’m extremely down to become more eccentric

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More eccentric, or a less filtered and more distilled version of what you already were?

And imho sometimes the causation goes the other way

I was definitely more eccentric when I had less money. It’s probably a high/low = eccentric and mid = mid.