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Pressure can also make diamonds and I know a lot of people who have become incredibly driven and successful precisely because of what they went through, while o
by manigandham 7y ago
Pressure can also make diamonds and I know a lot of people who have become incredibly driven and successful precisely because of what they went through, while others who have had it easier tended to coast through life.
- cortesoft 7y agoI don't think it is possible to separate out all the individual parts that go into making someone driven and successful, especially not with only anecdotal data
- manigandham 7y agoIn that case then both perspectives are equally true and false.
- cortesoft 7y agoThey aren't equally true and false... the truth value is just unknown
- Polylactic_acid 7y agoReminds me of the line "The sun can either come up in the morning or it doesn't. Therefore there is a 50% chance the sun will come up tomorrow"
- Polylactic_acid 7y agoI see privilege as both a head start and a multiplier to your individual effort. People who put in no effort will still end up nowhere unless they have an absolutely enormous amount of privilege that allows them to succeed on a head start alone. Someone with little privileged who puts in a huge amount of effort can overtake someone with a high privilege who puts in a normal amount of effort.
- manigandham 7y agoSure, same goes with luck, skill, natural abilities, etc. It's all an outcome from several major inputs.