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>You gotta choose one, if extreme luck is involved in the process then it's not "easy" because it could have gone the other way as well, and the protagonists kn

>You gotta choose one, if extreme luck is involved in the process then it's not "easy" because it could have gone the other way as well, and the protagonists knew it too, but still decided to step into the arena. No, you can make very easy money playing the lotto. All you have to do is give the gas station guy $2 and you're a billionaire. Just because you're the one who got lucky doesn't mean it's hard work or anything.

GDC7 5y ago
The hard work is concentrated in the process of betting your life on a very unprobable outcome
- cool_dude85 5y ago
  Betting your life? Zuckerberg was at Harvard and I assume has well-off parents. FB could have been a total dud and I'm sure he would have done fine.
  - solveit 5y ago
    You got me curious, so from Wikipedia: > Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born in White Plains, New York, on May 14, 1984,[9] the son of psychiatrist Karen (née Kempner) and dentist Edward Zuckerberg.[10] He and his three sisters (Arielle, businesswoman Randi, and writer Donna) were raised in a Reform Jewish household[11][12] in Dobbs Ferry, New York.[13] His great-grandparents were Austrian, German, and Polish Jews. Sounds like the typical HN contributor to be honest. Anyway, I agree with your stated point that children of rich people are "merely" risking a few years of hard work and an opportunity cost of a few hundred thousand dollars when they found companies, and disagree with the possibly unintended insinuations that children of rich people can't work hard because they have a safety net, that facebook was an easy success, etc etc.
    - beckman466 5y ago
      > I disagree with the possibly unintended insinuations that children of rich people can't work hard because they have a safety net, that facebook was an easy success, etc etc. did you really just try to defend the children of billionaires?

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>You gotta choose one, if extreme luck is involved in the process then it's not "easy" because it could have gone the other way as well, and the protagonists kn

by cool_dude85 5y ago

GDC7 5y ago
The hard work is concentrated in the process of betting your life on a very unprobable outcome
- cool_dude85 5y ago
  Betting your life? Zuckerberg was at Harvard and I assume has well-off parents. FB could have been a total dud and I'm sure he would have done fine.
  - solveit 5y ago
    You got me curious, so from Wikipedia: > Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born in White Plains, New York, on May 14, 1984,[9] the son of psychiatrist Karen (née Kempner) and dentist Edward Zuckerberg.[10] He and his three sisters (Arielle, businesswoman Randi, and writer Donna) were raised in a Reform Jewish household[11][12] in Dobbs Ferry, New York.[13] His great-grandparents were Austrian, German, and Polish Jews. Sounds like the typical HN contributor to be honest. Anyway, I agree with your stated point that children of rich people are "merely" risking a few years of hard work and an opportunity cost of a few hundred thousand dollars when they found companies, and disagree with the possibly unintended insinuations that children of rich people can't work hard because they have a safety net, that facebook was an easy success, etc etc.
    - beckman466 5y ago
      > I disagree with the possibly unintended insinuations that children of rich people can't work hard because they have a safety net, that facebook was an easy success, etc etc. did you really just try to defend the children of billionaires?