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Given that most people working tech in the valley haven't hit a lot of significant roadblocks, this is a great parable for HN to find compassion - we too often
by klochner 14y ago
Given that most people working tech in the valley haven't hit a lot of significant roadblocks, this is a great parable for HN to find compassion - we too often write off the less fortunate as merely less talented or hard working.
- frogpelt 14y agoThe danger comes when, by emphasizing the fortune in the equation, we cause the "less fortunate" to stop trying. Time and chance happen to all people. But people also reap what they sow.
- confluence 14y ago> Time and chance happen to all people. But people also reap what they sow. The above statement is logically inconsistent.
- stan_rogers 14y agoNo, it isn't, unless you are assuming only circumstance or only "karma" can affect one's path in life. Nothing of the sort was either stated or implied.