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You can’t discount luck, but it’s not comfortable to look at one’s life and see how it played a part. Two people can work equally hard, be equally smart and ha
by BizarreByte 4y ago
You can’t discount luck, but it’s not comfortable to look at one’s life and see how it played a part.
Two people can work equally hard, be equally smart and have two different outcomes. Luck/random chance did play a part. It’s even more stark when someone can not work hard at all and have better outcomes than someone who did.
- luckylion 4y ago> Two people can work equally hard, be equally smart and have two different outcomes. If we're talking "very different", are we talking about "and one ends up a billionaire and the other penniless"? Or are we saying "and one ends up a millionaire and the other one ends up upper middle class"? Because in general, working hard and being smart pays off, even if you're not exceptionally lucky. Yes, it takes longer than winning the lottery, but it's not like you need lots of luck or it won't pay off at all. It's more like "work hard and get 1-10 coins per year based on your effort, and each year roll 10 dice and if they all show 6, you get 500 coins". Luck plays a role, but in watching people who are exceptionally lucky and saying "look, luck is all that matters", we're missing the millions who aren't exceptionally lucky.
- cjohnson318 4y agoYeah, debt free loans and family safety nets go a long way. I think if you work hard and you're smart, then upper middle class is the very best you can hope for, and you're unlikely to get that far.