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We've always lived in that world, it's just more people are experiencing that I think. People hear "if you want to win, go to university" so they do, and they

We've always lived in that world, it's just more people are experiencing that I think. People hear "if you want to win, go to university" so they do, and they still lose. People hear "work long hours and make an impact at your job if you want to win" so they do and still lose. Meanwhile the "winners" are more visible than ever. And you point at them and say "I'm doing all the things they are doing why am I not winning" and there are no real answers. Either you're missing something or winning/losing is down to being lucky enough to do all of the right things but also at the right time and right place.

mathgladiator 4y ago
I'm the author of the post, and you're absolutely right. They still lose because there are deeper forces at play, and I think about "Price's Law" much. It states that 50% of the output depends on the squareroot of the people. This is a force that creates limits in different opportunities. The example that I use is "how many networking protocols does a company need?" At most, maybe, two. So, you get a limit of the number of people that understand protocols well. This is a funny thing about university too in that you get a lot of exposure, but those ideas just kind of feed you a bit rather than something that you can use in a career. How many people are actually going to use their OS, DB, etc in real-life? Well, at full scale, not many.