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Many millions of people have this level of privilege worldwide, but very few have founded Google-sized companies. Acknowledging the distorting effect of privile

Many millions of people have this level of privilege worldwide, but very few have founded Google-sized companies. Acknowledging the distorting effect of privilege is important, but this seems like you’re throwing out the baby with the bath water here.

mehrdada 7y ago
You kind of prove the parent's point though. Given a large enough sample size of all the people with privilege, it is conceivable to imagine that Google-sized success would happen to someone in that group at random, and other explanations could be simply overfitting to the data. (Not saying this matches my personal worldview, but just analyzing the commentary)
- peteretep 7y ago
  > Given a large enough sample size of all the people with privilege, it is conceivable to imagine that Google-sized success would happen to someone in that group at random, and other explanations could be simply overfitting to the data. This is true of all groups, though, so doesn't give us any information.
  - ulisesrmzroche 7y ago
    Enough information to hero worship, apparently.
zerr 7y ago
Not everyone wants to found a company though - you can just enjoy your privileged high quality of life.
- peteretep 7y ago
  > His father is a mathematics professor at the University of Maryland, and his mother a researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. I mean, he still needed to get a job
  - zerr 7y ago
    Not necessary I'd say, depending how good relationship one has with the parents :)