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As I've done better financially in life, I've become more radical. I'm one data point, but my experience contradicts your conclusion. I think in my case, it wa

As I've done better financially in life, I've become more radical. I'm one data point, but my experience contradicts your conclusion. I think in my case, it was a realization that I'm not working harder than other people or even working things that matter more than anybody else (in fact, on the contrary) and that at least 90% of my success can be attributed to luck. So if my success is not due to my deeds but rather a randomized lottery, then there's no point in preserving the status quo. And that's only analyzing one aspect: me. There are a lot of other reasons the world should change beyond what benefits just me.

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sharadov 4y ago
Do you work in tech, WFH and make upwards of 200K/year :-)
seti0Cha 4y ago
It seems to me you are overgeneralizing from your own case and understating the effects of your choices on the outcome in characterizing success as random. But even if it is random, you should hold out for demonstrably better alternative before giving up on preserving the existing one. There are worse outcomes than randomly distributed success.
- orthecreedence 4y ago
  > It seems to me you are overgeneralizing from your own case and understating the effects of your choices on the outcome in characterizing success as random. You think my only point of observation is myself? I even said in my original comment that I compare myself to others. > you should hold out for demonstrably better alternative Or work toward creating a better alternative, driven by my radical ideas for how things need to change. Why wait around for everyone else to fix things (or, more likely, sit around on their asses waiting for other people to change things)? > There are worse outcomes than randomly distributed success. Like I said, my analysis does not stop at myself or just at "success" as the main factor to optimize for. There are other reasons for changing the overall organization of the economic system. The current system demonstrably does not scale.
hindsightbias 4y ago
I’m more radical too, but looking at peers, it’s not really luck within their socio-economic (middle-class tech, college educated, mostly white) sphere. Pretty much anyone who showed up could find a way to get comfortable. Even those with screwed up personal lives weren’t starving. They’ve all got big trucks, houses and go on cruises.

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sharadov 4y ago

Do you work in tech, WFH and make upwards of 200K/year :-)

seti0Cha 4y ago

It seems to me you are overgeneralizing from your own case and understating the effects of your choices on the outcome in characterizing success as random. But even if it is random, you should hold out for demonstrably better alternative before giving up on preserving the existing one. There are worse outcomes than randomly distributed success.

orthecreedence 4y ago
> It seems to me you are overgeneralizing from your own case and understating the effects of your choices on the outcome in characterizing success as random. You think my only point of observation is myself? I even said in my original comment that I compare myself to others. > you should hold out for demonstrably better alternative Or work toward creating a better alternative, driven by my radical ideas for how things need to change. Why wait around for everyone else to fix things (or, more likely, sit around on their asses waiting for other people to change things)? > There are worse outcomes than randomly distributed success. Like I said, my analysis does not stop at myself or just at "success" as the main factor to optimize for. There are other reasons for changing the overall organization of the economic system. The current system demonstrably does not scale.

hindsightbias 4y ago

I’m more radical too, but looking at peers, it’s not really luck within their socio-economic (middle-class tech, college educated, mostly white) sphere. Pretty much anyone who showed up could find a way to get comfortable. Even those with screwed up personal lives weren’t starving. They’ve all got big trucks, houses and go on cruises.