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Sure, ascribe everything to luck, and then so what? Where does that leave us? With less of an appetite for technology and progress? With more of a use for peopl

Sure, ascribe everything to luck, and then so what? Where does that leave us? With less of an appetite for technology and progress? With more of a use for people who have no salable skills and hungry mouths and envy for the good life? Or does it just leave us with a bunch of people who contribute nothing more to society than constantly exclaiming that things aren't fair? We know they aren't fair. They've never been fair, they'll probably never be fair. Spinning tires over that basic fact of our universe is so pointless I'm almost offended people waste so many bits about it.

ForHackernews 11y ago
> Where does that leave us? With a sense of compassion and a diminished sense of smug self-satisfaction, I might hope.
theworstshill 11y ago
Couldn't have said it better myself. Those folks are straight out of an old (early) USSR caricature on how Lenin shared a watermelon with a passing peasant - took his watermelon, dropped it on the ground, picked up half of it and walked away. Spent a decade educating yourself and endless nights practicing your craft? Its all "privillege" and "luck", now give me some of that money.
SolaceQuantum 11y ago
> ascribe everything to luck, Did you misread when the person said specifically "I'm sure you've worked hard"? Person is probably not saying "hey nothing you did was on you" but is more likely wanting to say "hey consider the greater context of your existence".
rayiner 11y ago
Where does that leave us? With humility hopefully. You don't deserve any credit for being born with a high IQ, aptitude for acquiring sellable skills, and into a life station where any of that mattered. You work hard, sure, but so does the farmer in Bangladesh. The only difference between him and you is the cosmic lottery. So get off your high horse about "contributing to society." All you should feel is grateful that $Diety gave you the gift of being able to do that.
- optimiz3 11y ago
  bool is_other_person_is_humble() { return do_they_make_less_money_than_me(); }

ForHackernews 11y ago

> Where does that leave us? With a sense of compassion and a diminished sense of smug self-satisfaction, I might hope.

theworstshill 11y ago

Couldn't have said it better myself. Those folks are straight out of an old (early) USSR caricature on how Lenin shared a watermelon with a passing peasant - took his watermelon, dropped it on the ground, picked up half of it and walked away. Spent a decade educating yourself and endless nights practicing your craft? Its all "privillege" and "luck", now give me some of that money.

SolaceQuantum 11y ago

> ascribe everything to luck, Did you misread when the person said specifically "I'm sure you've worked hard"? Person is probably not saying "hey nothing you did was on you" but is more likely wanting to say "hey consider the greater context of your existence".

rayiner 11y ago

Where does that leave us? With humility hopefully. You don't deserve any credit for being born with a high IQ, aptitude for acquiring sellable skills, and into a life station where any of that mattered. You work hard, sure, but so does the farmer in Bangladesh. The only difference between him and you is the cosmic lottery. So get off your high horse about "contributing to society." All you should feel is grateful that $Diety gave you the gift of being able to do that.

optimiz3 11y ago
bool is_other_person_is_humble() { return do_they_make_less_money_than_me(); }