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Not sure I have the same take as you. For instance.... The most important node on the network happens before you were born - it’s the network between two peop
by MR4D 7y ago
Not sure I have the same take as you. For instance....
The most important node on the network happens before you were born - it’s the network between two people that had sex leading to your conception.
So, that’s pretty huge, and it’s very early in life. Finally, it’s the biggest, most important node in your life because everything in your life will flow from that node.
So yes, some decisions have been made. As an American, I’m mostly optimizing early decisions (and mistakes). But to a kid born between two refugees in Syria, his optimizations will look much different from mine due to the initial node in his life.
- onion2k 7y agoWho your parents are can make your journey easier or harder, but it's always ultimately up to you to do the work. What would have happened to tech if a young Steve Jobs had said to himself "My father was a Syrian immigrant and my mother was pushed to give me up for adoption else be rejected by her family, so my life isn't likely to be a success."?
- cjslep 7y agoAre we talking about the same young Steve Jobs that disappeared from his hard work at Bushnell's company Atari because he preferred doing hippie things in India? And only left India because of his hard work getting a massive hepatitis infection?
- MR4D 7y agoYou’re missing my point, which is that is a Steve was born to parents who never had access to the US, then yes, our world would be different and there would be no Apple. There are roughly 8 billion people on this planet, and only about 309 million in the US. Most people will never be able to come here just due to the large difference in numbers. So who your parents are is hugely important in determining not just your worldview, but your actual world (or where you are on it).
- Fnoord 7y agoAn exception to the rule. Survivorship bias [1] 101. [1] https://xkcd.com/1827/ https://xkcd.com/1827/