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They've taken something from chance.

• cperciva 16y ago
  And they've given the world a lot of something it wants. It seems to me that, almost by definition, having $50B means that you've given the world $50B worth of something more than you've taken from the world. Giving the money away is just saying "ok, I don't want to be repaid for what I've produced".
  • pg 16y ago
    In practice there is a big luck multiple in outcomes. Luck is a factor, for example, in whether you get the opportunity to deliver $x of wealth to customers.