Bill Gates also had a connected family and a lot of luck. There are far more upperclassmen who, after meeting, you'll find yourself asking, "If you're so rich,

Bill Gates also had a connected family and a lot of luck. There are far more upperclassmen who, after meeting, you'll find yourself asking, "If you're so rich, why aren't you so smart?", rather than saying to yourself "Wow, no wonder he's so successful - he's just so smart!" This kind of deterministic attitude is a problem that's been fooling people for thousands of years, where they equate things like wealth with merit. I don't know what the solution is. Maybe Taleb should be required reading in schools. Maybe there is no solution and these people will continue to be exploited, as they always have been, for fun and profit. I think I could use some fun. And some profit.