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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Please reflect on the fact that until you joined the discussion, we didn’t talk about equating success to luck.

Afterwards, you will likely notice that your jackpot argument reinforces mine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Please reflect on the fact that until you joined the discussion,

Please lets not be condescending here. I will rephrase, instead of success I will say wealth. I used the two interchangeably as many people judge your success based on your wealth.

we didn’t talk about equating success to luck.

Didn't you say this here.

On the other side of the argument, the amount of people that work harder and smarter than any given billionaire and have nothing is simply staggering. If it wasn’t down to luck, they’d all be billionaires.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wealth itself is a stronger predictor for future wealth than individual performance.

That quote of mine doesn’t talk about success, nor wealth itself for that matter. You’re ignoring everything in the message to argue against a statement that was never made in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Wealth itself is a stronger predictor for future wealth than individual performance.

I agree with that.