>To discount luck's role in how people get successful is a huge blind spot. That's the fantasy of meritocracy, fulfilling itself. When someone thinks that gold

>To discount luck's role in how people get successful is a huge blind spot. That's the fantasy of meritocracy, fulfilling itself. When someone thinks that gold coins spray from their asshole every time they update a Git repo, they can comfortably presume their role is paramount in the value created. Of course, every library linked, every bit of infrastructure required, every calorie of energy delivered, every man-year of education needed by users - this all disappears in a cloud of self-regard.