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In a meritocratic competition like the one in the experiment, each miss puts you behind in comparison with those that got lucky. And if a success provides expo
by TuringTest 7y ago
In a meritocratic competition like the one in the experiment, each miss puts you behind in comparison with those that got lucky.
And if a success provides exponencial growth, any failure to win the lottery places you far behind the luckiest winners very fast.
- lnsru 7y agoThat’s why I am trying to ignore as much as I can the fact, that don’t getting lucky ticket immediately makes me a loser. Because many of these lucky tickets aren’t in the reality that fair. A guy’s dad know another guy and voila, it’s funded! Or mom just buys one a property in really expensive city while you balance full time job and development in the evening to start your own something. Best success stories I know were not fair as an ideal lottery should be.
- TuringTest 7y agoOr, you could try supporting the policies described in the article that increase the probability of talented people reaching their full potential.