Sure, but a lot of those things listed are chance. Chance is the biggest differentiator. Chance is why you connected with the right person in university to star

Sure, but a lot of those things listed are chance. Chance is the biggest differentiator. Chance is why you connected with the right person in university to start a business you two aligned with. Chance is why you were raised with parents who prioritized teaching you charisma skills. Chance is why you didn't have to work in a factory since you were 14. Chance is why you didn't get that girl pregnant despite the condom being ripped. So many moments in our life are "just chance". I don't understand why we have to ignore this reality, I'm not wealthier than someone else because of "charisma" or "talent". I was born into a family that could afford to take risks (lucky), embraced tech early (lucky), kept me healthy and without defects (lucky), I got great teachers growing up (lucky), met the right people who kept me from falling into the traps of drugs and abuse (lucky), the list goes on. I'm grateful for so much in my life, and very little of it has anything to do with some conscious entirely isolated choice of climbing this "fitness landscape of wealth". So much of what we believe are active choices aren't really. They're a consequence of previous choices. You are limited based off those previous choices. I mean, if you believe in free will, which is hotly debated!