Re:Class Bullshitters
by ookdatnog on Saturday March 05, 2022 @06:38AM
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Discussions on the role of luck in success pop up here on HN from time to time, and one pattern that stands out to me is that, for a good chunk of people, it seems really important to their sense of identity that luck is at best a minor factor in their success.
Your post is one of the more direct renderings of that point of view: you don't really argue that the parent post is wrong, merely that it's not a healthy way to frame it. Which makes me curious: why do you believe that it is bad for someone to believe that their success is largely caused by luck?
As an aside, personally I subscribe to this view on the interaction of luck and success: https://youtu.be/3LopI4YeC4I
Your post is one of the more direct renderings of that point of view: you don't really argue that the parent post is wrong, merely that it's not a healthy way to frame it. Which makes me curious: why do you believe that it is bad for someone to believe that their success is largely caused by luck?
As an aside, personally I subscribe to this view on the interaction of luck and success: https://youtu.be/3LopI4YeC4I