First, there's nothing in the definition of luck that says it gets spread around equally. That would be uniformity, but luck is about randomness, which is (by d

First, there's nothing in the definition of luck that says it gets spread around equally. That would be uniformity, but luck is about randomness, which is (by definition) not uniform. Second, when you say "sit around watching TV," I presume you're saying that hard work leads to success, and implying that hard work is not luck. I agree with the first part and disagree with the second. What makes someone a hard worker? What makes someone intelligent? Attractive? Likable? Talented? If you keep asking why, and you keep retracing a person's history back to the beginning, then the answer invariable boils down to some lucky combination of genes and environment/experience. Even your ability to improve upon the hand you were dealt in life depends entirely on… the hand you were dealt in life.