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I thought it was established that it wasn't chance, that it was basically family wealth? I.e., your family is rich, therefore you can afford to take risks and f

I thought it was established that it wasn't chance, that it was basically family wealth? I.e., your family is rich, therefore you can afford to take risks and fail, therefore you're more likely to make it big.

smt88 9y ago
I consider family wealth to be chance as well. You don't choose which family you're born into, after all.
- SigmundA 9y ago
  i.e. the ovarian lottery
- nybble41 9y ago
  You don't choose which family you're born into, after all. You couldn't have been born into any other family—a child born into a different family would be a different person entirely. Is it still chance when there is only one possible outcome?
Reedx 9y ago
Where and when you're born is chance and certainly has an impact on prospects. But being born into wealth doesn't mean you'll keep it either, especially into the 3rd generation[1]. Those kids are too far removed from the work that got there. Ever hear the saying, "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations"? [1] http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/25/luxury/family-wealth/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/25/luxury/family-wealth/index.h...
- wruza 9y ago
  I though that ‘chance’ in topic is something happening in lifetime, not at its start. Can being talented also be called a chance of genes or cultural environment then?