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Honestly, I don't know where to begin, but suffice it to say, everything else is NEVER equal in the real world. 1. You're assuming "success" is zero-sum-game.
by bonsaitree 17y ago
Honestly, I don't know where to begin, but suffice it to say, everything else is NEVER equal in the real world.
1. You're assuming "success" is zero-sum-game.
2. There's no opportunity cost for working towards a different goal.
3. There is some sort of equitable measure of "success" across all participants in "the game".
4. The effort/reward curve is averages positive for your given set of stratagems.
5. You are the ONLY vested participant in the game (e.g. no ancillary costs for increased efforts to other parties (e.g. family, friends, partners, investors etc.).
- ellyagg 17y agoIt's only hard to know where to begin because you're seriously expanding the topic. Let's take point 5: "You are the ONLY vested participant in the game [...]" The point of the post was that working harder is one of the few resources under your control for working toward a goal for which there is competition. Whether there are other vested participants is irrelevant to that point. Whether there are costs to your family is a quality-of-life choice and a moral choice, but doesn't say a single thing about whether working harder makes you more likely to achieve your goal.
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