Re:CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978
by jachee on Thursday August 15, 2019 @03:24PM
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Sure. His luck started by being born to a pediatrician and a math/physics teacher, rather than—say a couple of itenerant agricultural workers.
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Re:CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978
by Kaveren on Thursday August 15, 2019 @05:35PM
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And yet there are so many more people who came from as fortunate or more fortunate means, including those who went into mathematics, but are not as talented as them.
Michael Phelps is not just a product of luck, either. You could train your entire life and not be as good a swimmer as him. You'd have to redefine luck to include genetics.