> Those are the big winners who strike gold on Kickstarter and Youtube. They didn't win because they were "luckier" than us, they won because they were literall

> Those are the big winners who strike gold on Kickstarter and Youtube. They didn't win because they were "luckier" than us, they won because they were literally better than the rest of us at what they do. What made/make those people better? Their drive, their talent, their education? How much of this can you attribute as their merit and how much is actually luck? I've come to the conclusion that most (an unscientific 99%) of a person's success is due to luck. To me, the biggest evidence of this is: we don't choose where we're born. The above means that we have no control over what genes we get, as well as our initial social and economical situation, and our general environment. Given that pretty much everything else evolves from there, what can you truly attribute to anything else than luck?