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> upbringing, family fortune and luck You just need to be not pre-occupied with survival; and to have access to state-of-the-art knowledge and techniques (or y
by hyperpallium 10y ago
> upbringing, family fortune and luck
You just need to be not pre-occupied with survival; and to have access to state-of-the-art knowledge and techniques (or you'll waste your inspiration re-inventing them, instead of SOTSOG).
- coldtea 10y ago>You just need to be not pre-occupied with survival; and to have access to state-of-the-art knowledge and techniques You "just need" to have those to struggle 100x times as hard as the person who has this plus good upbringing, plus connections, plus university education, plus is in the right country for a chance at the same results.
- hyperpallium 10y agoI would include "university education" under "access to state-of-the-art knowledge and techniques", and "right country" under that and not having to be pre-occupied with survival. I don't think we differ much there. "Connections" help for success in business/career, but how do they help for genius?