The Role of Luck in Life Success

Post by nappadbz » Tue, Mar 06, 2018, 10:01 AM UTC

lulmerchant wrote: post #188

lisper wrote: post #108

I am financially independent and it is almost entirely due to luck. I was in a stable career as an AI researcher when, in 2000, pretty much on a whim, I decided to apply to work at an obscure little startup company called Google. It was the only startup I had ever applied to at that point (until then my ambition had been to become a university professor). Since 2005 I have participated as a principal in half a dozen…

What you've described is essentially just a high risk strategy. Work at a bunch of different start ups, and hope that eventually you end up working for one that doesn't fail, and yields some returns. The greatest predictors for success in life are industriousness and intelligence. Over time (and that's important, over time), the intelligent and industrious are expected to beat the odds, and achieve success. Ultimatel…

Post by bowenli0701 » Wed, Mar 07, 2018, 3:31 PM UTC