> It's only when they get cancer, or finally meet some form of humility that they see the inherent advantages they had over others for what it is. People with

> It's only when they get cancer, or finally meet some form of humility that they see the inherent advantages they had over others for what it is. People with terminal diseases also usually become religious. Perhaps atheists are faking it too. > the world looks like a meritocracy, and it isn't. Tomorrow an asteroid may, very unluckily, fall and strike me so as to kill me. It would not be due to my merits or lack thereof. Yet if you want to get ahead, you should generally work hard and do the right things while being sufficiently savvy.