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by ghostcluster 3043 days ago
or the gains for being lucky and fortuitous are more and more extreme, and the cost of being left out is more bleak.

The Economist just ran a profile on Chris Hughes, Mark Zuckerberg’s second-year roommate, who, by virtue of being his roommate, lucked into a huge net worth from the early stage creation of Facebook.

https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21737016-and-d...