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>I (personally) consider that opportunity is a rarer commodity than innovativeness

I agree. I think to create world-changing things, 3 things are needed:

1. Innovativeness or creativity.

2. Lack of neccessity to work to put a roof over your head, which frees the imagination.

3. Enough money to make it actually happen. This is the opportunity.

Many of us have #1, some also have #2. But 1 or 2 are not enough. You need all 3. Billionaires can have all 3.