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Edited a bit.

Generally speaking, education is more important. I think most everyone should know that already and it's probably already explained in detail in this thread. Generally speaking, knowledge of systems lets people use them to their fullest potential, and money is no exception. You need to be smart to know how to spend your money.


But to give more of a philosophical take on this question:

You need a balance of both. If you have a lot of education that pertains to helping you survive in your environment then you wouldn't need as much money. However, being dumb as bricks means you'll probably not spend your money as wisely, and therefore you'd need more to compensate. It's not about which one of them is particularly important but how to utilize what you have of each.

You can take either one to extremes and make a case for both. If you have enough knowledge about the wilderness and independent survival then you could survive off the land and not need money. On the other hand, money is useless in wilderness. However, in a city setting, just having good education and no money could make it very difficult to get yourself a job, since you have nothing to survive off of for an extended period of time and you don't have the resources to present yourself in a manner that is attractive to employers. On the other hand, having lots of money you could just go out and buy anything you needed.

The answer to the question "a or b?" is not always either a or b. Depending on the context of the question, it's possible the answer relies on both a and b, or possibly even other factors as well. It's like asking "Is a rectangle a square?" or "How many grains of sand is considered a pile?" or "Is it better to learn to count or to learn to read?".