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Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do by boringg on Friday January 03, 2025 @10:16AM (#42586343)
Your examples are at the extreme end. You can be a fast technical learner or builder which does make you special but not be an inventor or someone who can grok science and systems similar to Tesla / Edison.

Loom != DC or AC electricity its a helpful tool not transformational technology such as electricity.

Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do by tw04 on Friday January 03, 2025 @01:49PM (#42588372)
Op said he got lucky, the response implied he didn’t. My example is extreme because the circumstances of making several hundred million dollars on a startup exit is EXTREMELY rare, and has far more to do with luck than skill.