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You are very right. However, our society makes someone lacking 2-3 of OP's mentioned abilities extremely difficult to pursue their dreams, especially if their s

You are very right. However, our society makes someone lacking 2-3 of OP's mentioned abilities extremely difficult to pursue their dreams, especially if their significant other/supporting family are not 100% supporting. It takes ones' perseverance dialed up to 1000. Even with that, there are still too many factors to overcome. For every success story of someone lacking OP's mentioned abilities, there are thousands of unheard failed stories. The story of Yitang [1] mentioned here 1-2 days ago is the perfect example. It touched me so much due to a few resemblance (not the genius part) of our lives. Had he worked on a harder problem, such as the one he's working on now, or if his friend didn't introduce him to his lecturer job, he may have been known as a failure by people who knows him. For those who has the perseverance and can ignore haters, there's still the money problem. UBI may help. But I feel like to support a decent standard of living in today's world, it's not possible unless mega crops buy-in or budget cuts happen elsewhere like defense. Both of which has close to zero chance of happening. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31524518 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31524518

fuzzfactor 4y ago
>Success meaning being high up on the corporate ladder and making lots of money. >Success not meaning doing work that makes a difference, helping others, achieving contentment, or having a balanced meaningful life. >For those who has the perseverance and can ignore haters, there's still the money problem. I don't think success should be spelled money to begin with. More like The ability to speak. The ability to write. The quality of your ideas. Is the type of success in itself that is even more elusive. That can be enough to make a difference, help others, achieve contentment, and have a meaningful life. No guarantee of balance whether there is money or not. I think it's good to be more or less fuzzy ourselves from time to time.

fuzzfactor 4y ago

>Success meaning being high up on the corporate ladder and making lots of money. >Success not meaning doing work that makes a difference, helping others, achieving contentment, or having a balanced meaningful life. >For those who has the perseverance and can ignore haters, there's still the money problem. I don't think success should be spelled money to begin with. More like The ability to speak. The ability to write. The quality of your ideas. Is the type of success in itself that is even more elusive. That can be enough to make a difference, help others, achieve contentment, and have a meaningful life. No guarantee of balance whether there is money or not. I think it's good to be more or less fuzzy ourselves from time to time.