Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla

Re:Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla by Barraketh on Thursday May 14, 2015 @06:59PM (#9548062)

These are all incredibly lucky w.r.t the world at large. However, amongst HN readers and the tech community, there are millions of people who are U.S / Canadian citizens, with educated parents, and who know how to program. What were the 'outrageously lucky' factors that separated Musk from these millions?

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Re:Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla by Enzolangellotti on Thursday May 14, 2015 @10:30PM (#9548669)

Eh, talk about average luck http://www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com/images/pretoria...

"Notable alumni includes two Nobel Prize laureates, 18 Rhodes scholars, eight Supreme Court judges, intellectuals and sportsmen"

His father owned several businesses, mines, etc.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla by DrStalker on Thursday May 14, 2015 @08:29PM (#9548335)

There are two parts to being lucky:

1) What sort of luck comes your way? 2) Are you able to take advantage of the good luck and minimize the effects of bad luck?

If i'd had the exact same lucky breaks as Elon Musk I would not have been as successful, because I'm not as good at step 2 as he is.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla by anonydsfsfs on Thursday May 14, 2015 @07:13PM (#9548103)

I don't know, I just know he's one of the luckiest people on the planet. Even if we accept that there are, say, 100 million people who had the same luck in those three measures, that puts him the top 1.5% of the world's population. And that's all before he becomes an adult.

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