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Luck plays a huge role in our lives. We are born completely on top of others' achievements and grow on them for a long time: family, society and state. Even the

Luck plays a huge role in our lives. We are born completely on top of others' achievements and grow on them for a long time: family, society and state. Even the chance for us to differentiate is that, a chance. Only when there starts to be a record of turning points where one could have done bad/good choices can an individual overcome the survivor bias doubt[1]. It is important to recognize that record as otherwise we stop being individuals with no recorded contribution nor merit. [1] I the hate survivor bias as it is generally hard to refute it in human behaviors.

psychphysic 3y ago
This is generally true, but one always has the opportunity to waste a good hand they have been dealt. Similarly it's not quite fair to put it all down the luck. Unfortunately many traits are hereditary again here it's easier to ruin a hand than make a worse one work.
Extropy_ 3y ago
What happens to us is out of our control, what we have is out of our control, it's pointless for one to concern himself with what he doesn't have. It's self-evident that the most one person can do is all that person can do, and it seems reasonable that the highest ideal a person can aim for is doing all they can do. Our lives are what we do, it's everything we do. Luck doesn't control our lives, we do.
- wonderingyogi 3y ago
  We can only control our actions, but what happens around us is outside our control. The best we can do is try to influence it, but even that is limited to those within our immediate vicinity. At some point, we must learn to let go and stop trying to control something we have limited control over. I am reminded of the Buddhism teaching that we have expectations in life and when those expectations are not being met, we suffer. Simply do your best, and accept whichever outcome.

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Luck plays a huge role in our lives. We are born completely on top of others' achievements and grow on them for a long time: family, society and state. Even the

by ptsneves 3y ago

psychphysic 3y ago
This is generally true, but one always has the opportunity to waste a good hand they have been dealt. Similarly it's not quite fair to put it all down the luck. Unfortunately many traits are hereditary again here it's easier to ruin a hand than make a worse one work.
Extropy_ 3y ago
What happens to us is out of our control, what we have is out of our control, it's pointless for one to concern himself with what he doesn't have. It's self-evident that the most one person can do is all that person can do, and it seems reasonable that the highest ideal a person can aim for is doing all they can do. Our lives are what we do, it's everything we do. Luck doesn't control our lives, we do.
- wonderingyogi 3y ago
  We can only control our actions, but what happens around us is outside our control. The best we can do is try to influence it, but even that is limited to those within our immediate vicinity. At some point, we must learn to let go and stop trying to control something we have limited control over. I am reminded of the Buddhism teaching that we have expectations in life and when those expectations are not being met, we suffer. Simply do your best, and accept whichever outcome.