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>Point is, if he can do it, anyone in the world can do it and people should just stop complaining. https://xkcd.com/1827/ https://xkcd.com/1827/ via https://ne

• slice_of_life 9y ago
  May be. But it's better to be hopeful when that's all you have. Stay positive always. EDIT: Goes back to the pragmatism I alluded to earlier. We can choose to either rely on chance or hard-work/self reliance. I choose the latter. And yes, most times it is mutually exclusive. It seems I can't win with you. Before I disclosed my location, it was implied that I couldn't understand because I probably hadn't been through tough times and as such I couldn't sympathize. After I talked about my history, now it's survivorship bias? You want to have your cake and eat it. In any case, your comparison between coin flipping and putting in the effort towards meaningful work is disingenuous. Bad analogy in my thinking.
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  • dandelion_lover 9y ago
    First, I am not the person you have been discussing with. I only responded to your concrete sentence which is in my view incorrect. >But it's better to be hopeful when that's all you have. Stay positive always. >We can choose to either rely on chance or hard-work/self reliance. In this wording, I totally agree and am following the same path myself. However, it does not mean that everyone who follows it will be successful, or that we do not need to improve our system to increase the chances. There are definitely billions of hard-working people who deserve a better life but do not get it.