MIT Tech Review reports on a new study which used computer model to analyze wealth distribution in society. It concludes that the majority of riches do not result from talent, intelligence or hard work - but luck. Those who succeed most in modern society are born well and experience several 'lucky events' which they exploit, but are of mediocre talent. The study's abstract states that the model has potential for encouraging investment in the genuinely gifted, and summarizes:
"...if it is true that some degree of talent is necessary to be successful in life, almost never the most talented people reach the highest peaks of success, being overtaken by mediocre but sensibly luckier individuals. As to our knowledge, this counterintuitive result - although implicitly suggested between the lines in a vast literature - is quantified here for the first time."
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Sunday March 04 2018, @03:13AM (5 children)
What's your point? Are you claiming that lotto winners are wealthy because of something other than luck?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday March 04 2018, @03:18AM (4 children)
My point is put your money where your mouth is. I have.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 04 2018, @05:36AM (3 children)
You’ve kissed your own arse?
Hardly surprising.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday March 04 2018, @05:19PM (2 children)
If I could reach my own ass with my lips, that is not the body part I'd be putting them on. Think about things before you say them.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @09:02PM (1 child)
After thinking about it first I can safely say: you are a cock swallowing closet dweller.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 06 2018, @01:42AM
Naw, I'm not that flexible.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.