Whenever you see someone who you believe to be an idiot succeeding, it usually means they're really good at the game and you don't even understand what the game is .
A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2011)
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#42Whenever you see someone who you believe to be an idiot succeeding, it usually means they're really good at the game and you don't even understand what the game is .
Or maybe you just don't want to play the game anymore.
There's no good solution to this either - if there was more kindness in the world, then that would just create even more opportunities for the people playing the game to get ahead, because they would have more victims to exploit.
Re: A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2011)
#43Whenever you see someone who you believe to be an idiot succeeding, it usually means they're really good at the game and you don't even understand what the game is .
Or their family donated enough money to an Ivy to have a building named after them.
Re: A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2011)
#44To answer the question posed in the title (and yes, I read the fluffy article) - luck decides who gets rich.
Luck plays a role but smart and successful people often create many opportunities to get lucky.
Re: A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2011)
#45Re: A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2011)
#46Hey, at least it's consistent.
Re: A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2011)
#47Whenever you see someone who you believe to be an idiot succeeding, it usually means they're really good at the game and you don't even understand what the game is .
Re: A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2011)
#48To answer the question posed in the title (and yes, I read the fluffy article) - luck decides who gets rich.
I think that’s needlessly reductionist. Read the biographies of people like Mark Cuban and Richard Branson: both of these men were born entrepreneurs and salesmen, with Cuban starting his first business at age 12 and Branson at age 16. A good parallel to this is the music industry, actually: yes, there is a significant amount of luck in “making it.” But you cannot deny that talent is one of the strongest predictors:…
Re: A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2011)
#49To answer the question posed in the title (and yes, I read the fluffy article) - luck decides who gets rich.