only mathematicians can make money

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michel...mons-is-changing-math-education/#84208f039995

Simons: Today, very many things are based on mathematics. Your cell phone for example, has all kinds of algorithms built in to it, which depend on, in some cases, pretty sophisticated mathematics. You don't know that, and the average cell phone user doesn't know that, but mathematics and quantitative methods in general has become more and more important in the economy.