>No, but what we, as a society, need to do is cut down on how much luck you need in order to move up. Perhaps a good place to start would be by talking about '

>No, but what we, as a society, need to do is cut down on how much luck you need in order to move up. Perhaps a good place to start would be by talking about 'opportunities' and not 'luck'. Luck is a passive thing that happens to you (for better or worse) whereas opportunities require effort (aka personal responsibility) to make the most of. for instance, I would agree wholeheartedly that a society should try to maximize the opportunities available to all its citizens. >You can only fix this by putting a very significant amount of more resource into your education system. I would disagree here. Education is not the only opportunity available to people. More access to small business loans, for instance, would be desirable IMHO. And of course, access to medical care is on everyone's mind atm...Although, I do think we need better education across the board. >we need people less than absolutely brilliant to not have to fight so stupidly hard to move up. Thinking about this a lil more - I'm not really sure 'moving up' should be the end goal? Perhaps, "not have to fight so stupidly hard to have a fulfilling life"? As people keep telling me, there is more to life then work. Perhaps our fixation with 'moving up' is half the problem? It seems to be a fairly American concept - other cultures don't seem to share our fixation/fascination with the 'almighty dollar'. Eh...time for coffee...