[olvar_]

Not only that, but it fails to consider that many times, a large wealth, is not built with an extra 1% per year, but by one large hit. People have failed 20 years to then become rich on one good idea. You could call it luck, but to be realistic that's not luck, that's perseverance, work ethics and commitment to do something important. I agree we need to look for a way to build a more even play field and remedy the atrocious way we assign resources, but claiming that people that work hard to make a difference are just "lucky" is a terrible way to do it.

[bryanlarsen]

It's luck but in the sense of that Seneca quote: "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity"

[ImTalking]

I don't like those quotes (like 'the harder I work, the luckier I get') because 'luck' by it's very definition is random. We had a horrible situation in Melbourne yesterday where some nutbag drove his car down a busy sidewalk killing 4 people. It was luck (very bad luck) that those people were there in that moment and killed. That's luck. And btw, my partner and kids were there only 5 minutes before.