3 ms·
There’s certainly luck involved, but it’s not random. Why aren’t there more Elon Musks? It’s not like the universe just picks a rando every 1000 years and it’s
by prepend 4mo ago
There’s certainly luck involved, but it’s not random.
Why aren’t there more Elon Musks? It’s not like the universe just picks a rando every 1000 years and it’s Elon Musk now and Mansa Musa last time.
I think similarly, there are random elements but hiring is not random. People aren’t randomly successful or not. There are many factors, most based on individual decisions and group alignments, I think.
- cloche 4mo agoImagine you have a coin-flipping tournament with a large number of people - perhaps even billions. 2 people face off in rounds and the winner advances. By the end someone will have won all their rounds. Is this person skilled or lucky?
- prepend 3mo agoYour experiment is not life.
- cyanydeez 3mo agoyou have survivorship bias tinted glasses. 1000's of elons tried and failed to keep flipping the coin.