of course, but just because you don't think about it doesn't mean it's all just random, right?
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I'm not saying it's all random. There's a lot of work and skill involved. But for me at least the specific outcome had a lot of chance in it
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I can point to a lot of specific low probability events that had major impact on where I've ended up.
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Without those I'd probably still have done something I found interesting, but it would have been a very different thing and timing
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That's great. Good for you. One of the biggest life events for me was so pivotal and I still can't see it as chance.
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I don't propose that you should, only that this varies by person and is a factor to consider when comparing oneself to others achievements.
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Certainly, that was in my first tweet. Luck exists but it's not my cup of tea as a rhetorical device. For example, privilege can be useful
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to explain much of what some people call luck.
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Not all luck is privilege of course or vice versa.
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Yeah there's certainly a lot of overlap. E.g. Privilege makes it much easier to take risks, which makes it much easier to be lucky
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URMs tend to work hard and then ascribe it to luck. While more privileged people ascribe it to personal things like strength of character.
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