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What isn't luck? I only am who I am today because of a combination of nature and nurture. My genes and my environment defined who I am. I had no control over ei
by slavik81 9y ago
What isn't luck? I only am who I am today because of a combination of nature and nurture. My genes and my environment defined who I am. I had no control over either of those things.
I mean, if I was born on Steve Job's birthday, with Steve Job's genes, to Steve Job's parents, presumably I would be Steve Jobs. From that perspective, it's pure luck I'm not a billionaire. And, similarly, pure luck that I'm not literally Hitler.
- andai 9y agoDo we make our own destiny, or does our destiny make us?
- jimnotgym 9y agoBoth, with some effort i could get good a poker. Some games I will lose no matter what because you can only play the hand you are dealt
- mch82 9y agoAnd you can only buy in with the money you have to start with. Everyone should experience losing to a worse player who won by starting with more chips and therefore had more hands and more opportunities to recover from error. Then they should experience a fixed buy in, no rebuy tournament where each player starts with equal opportunity.
- rayiner 9y ago> What isn't luck? Bingo!
- shaftoe 9y agoThis is fatalism and societies that adopt this attitude fall into some nasty traps. For example, there's no point to solving problems because it's the will of God.
- rayiner 9y agoIt's not fatalism. It's about recognizing that a more economically even society is warranted because people shouldn't get outsized credit (or be disproportionately punished) for things outside their control.
- shaftoe 9y agoReal life is complicated. Who decides what is in their control? What if it's a combination?
- sheepmullet 9y agoSociety gains incredible wealth from the desire to gain outsized credit for those we care about. Economic evening can quickly become a poison.
- verylittlemeat 9y agoIt seems like more of a philosophy of humility than fatalism.