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> What I disagree with is the people that want to dismiss Gates success completely because his family had some money. I don't know who you are talking to, but
by danans 8y ago
> What I disagree with is the people that want to dismiss Gates success completely because his family had some money.
I don't know who you are talking to, but I've only heard his family's wealth discussed in the context of people discouraging young adults from attending or completing university, on the example of Gates. The point being that his family's wealth gave him exposure to technology and social networks that people of lesser means could only get through university.
- darawk 8y agoAre you reading the other comments in this thread? I see people making that argument in this very comment's section. I wish that they weren't. Certainly he had advantages that other kids didn't have, and both he and society should acknowledge that. But it doesn't take away a whole lot from what he's accomplished, IMO.
- danans 8y agoI don't see any comments completely placing the credit for Gates' success in his family's wealth. Many are just saying it played a factor (as Gates himself readily acknowledges). More importantly, his origins aren't a particularly useful example for a person who doesn't already have similar-enough privileges to what Gates had. If you are already in a place that Gates was when he started MS (financially secure, young, well-connected), then he is a fantastic of example of someone who seized the opportunities life presented him to great effect.