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>Far before some one is rich and poor, they are good and bad at playing the piano, writing a book, programming or anything for that matter. You attribute far t

>Far before some one is rich and poor, they are good and bad at playing the piano, writing a book, programming or anything for that matter. You attribute far too much of a person's wealth accumulation with skill. Is Bill Gates the best programmer of all time? >People are not same, and by that definition are not equal. It's hard to argue with this, but I don't see it coming up much in the gender or race discussions. I wonder why.

15charlimit 10y ago
>>People are not same, and by that definition are not equal. >It's hard to argue with this, but I don't see it coming up much in the gender or race discussions. I wonder why. Because in "modern" society it's not politically correct to recognize, let alone discuss, any differences whatsoever between age, race, sex, education, skill, etc. If you have the gall to try, you'll immediately be torn apart by the howling "progressive" masses.
kamaal 10y ago
>>You attribute far too much of a person's wealth accumulation with skill. Is Bill Gates the best programmer of all time? Bill Gates is good at a lot of other things including programming. And I'm not talking about skill. Its also work, persistence and variety of other things that add up. >>It's hard to argue with this, but I don't see it coming up much in the gender or race discussions. I wonder why. People are only equal by rights. They are definitely not equal with regards to hard work, persistence and range of other skills. Isaac Newton being better than me in Physics, isn't exactly racism.
- pyrale 10y ago
  > Bill Gates is good at a lot of other things including programming. And I'm not talking about skill. Its also work, persistence and variety of other things that add up. According to the metrics our society uses to reward him, he's quite litterally the 85.000.000.000x dev. And here's us thinking 10x devs don't exist...

15charlimit 10y ago

>>People are not same, and by that definition are not equal. >It's hard to argue with this, but I don't see it coming up much in the gender or race discussions. I wonder why. Because in "modern" society it's not politically correct to recognize, let alone discuss, any differences whatsoever between age, race, sex, education, skill, etc. If you have the gall to try, you'll immediately be torn apart by the howling "progressive" masses.

kamaal 10y ago

>>You attribute far too much of a person's wealth accumulation with skill. Is Bill Gates the best programmer of all time? Bill Gates is good at a lot of other things including programming. And I'm not talking about skill. Its also work, persistence and variety of other things that add up. >>It's hard to argue with this, but I don't see it coming up much in the gender or race discussions. I wonder why. People are only equal by rights. They are definitely not equal with regards to hard work, persistence and range of other skills. Isaac Newton being better than me in Physics, isn't exactly racism.

pyrale 10y ago
> Bill Gates is good at a lot of other things including programming. And I'm not talking about skill. Its also work, persistence and variety of other things that add up. According to the metrics our society uses to reward him, he's quite litterally the 85.000.000.000x dev. And here's us thinking 10x devs don't exist...