The World in 2036: Nassim Taleb looks at what will break, and what won't (2010)

Re:The World in 2036: Nassim Taleb looks at what will break,... by mjburgess on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @10:59AM (#23614737)

I agree. But you're still slightly misreading/moralising my point.

I'm not saying anyone deserves anything. I'm not saying anyone is superior.

I'm saying that commonly, amongst people who become millionaires, you find a certain set of characteristics.

In particular, you often find an obsessive interest in something which is greater than their desire to vacation or to spend frivolously: typically their business.

Poorer people misunderstand wealth. To them it is essentially just a series of inexplicable lotteries, "falling up" as you say.

But in functioning societies most people who become wealth don't just "fall up" -- there is a pattern to their personality (including risk tasking, say) which facilitates this movement.

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Re:The World in 2036: Nassim Taleb looks at what will break,... by harry8 on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @11:20AM (#23615065)

>I'm saying that commonly, amongst people who become millionaires, you find a certain set of characteristics.

I continue to disagree strongly with this. There are /all/ kinds.

We're now talking past each other. Some are successful for reasons one can attribute to their nature. Some just fail upwards. Really they do. It's actually hard to miss examples of this when you look a little critically. I'm not sure how you've come to the conclusion such people don't exist... Luck is always a huuuge factor, even among the best of us. Anyway, best.

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