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Let's also note that becoming a startup billionaire to then go off and fund your pet projects is a bit of an anomaly. It's very hard to "mimick" the successful

• 0x445442 7y ago
  > It's very hard to "mimick" the successful parts of their lives Given the level of luck involved I'd say it's near impossible. I've noticed a definite transition in the past 20-25 years and that's more and more difficulty for people to accept things like luck and talent exist. I also think the difficulty of acceptance has negative consequences on people's psyche. They seem to become angry and depressed if they've, by all accounts, been successful in the "mimicking" but the desired results don't follow.
  • pete762 7y ago
    Cargo cult has been around forever.