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    1. Steve Randy Waldman‏ @interfluidity 17 Jul 2020

      the thing about luck is it goes to people who don’t deserve it just as often as it goes to people who do.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Jul 2020
      Replying to @interfluidity @ATabarrok

      This is true if you take the set of people that luck can effect as given, but in practice it isn't. In practice some people, by taking risks, put themselves in a position where luck can strike them.

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        2. Scott Adams‏Verified account @ScottAdamsSays 17 Jul 2020
          Replying to @paulg @interfluidity @ATabarrok

          Luck won't come find you on the couch. That's my motto.

          15 replies 17 retweets 110 likes
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        1. Steve Randy Waldman‏ @interfluidity 17 Jul 2020
          Replying to @paulg @ATabarrok

          presumably that works both ways, if the risks are genuine.

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        1. Chris w‏ @Chrisw05069626 17 Jul 2020
          Replying to @paulg @interfluidity @ATabarrok

          Going off to war multiple x taught me fortune favors the bold, and the prepared.

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        1. Scott Terzian‏ @scott_terzian 17 Jul 2020
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          My tires are bald and as luck would have it I had a blowout on the freeway.

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        1. Syed Iqbal Simnani‏ @SimnaniIqbals 17 Jul 2020
          Replying to @paulg @interfluidity @ATabarrok

          I agree working hard, taking risking greatly increase your chances of succeeding. Yet if I look at my personal story, I know lot of people who are doing much worse than me for no fault of theirs ( with same or better abilities).

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        2. Adam Curry - Texas‏ @adamcurry 17 Jul 2020
          Replying to @paulg @ScottAdamsSays and

          Luck is where preparation meets opportunity

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        3. Scott Adams‏Verified account @ScottAdamsSays 17 Jul 2020
          Replying to @adamcurry @paulg and

          That feels incomplete. You can be prepared to date, and have an app to find you a date. But you still need to go on lots of dates before luck finds you.

          11 replies 1 retweet 17 likes
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        1. xmp125a‏ @xmp125a 17 Jul 2020
          Replying to @paulg @ScottAdamsSays and

          This is succinctly phrased as "If you wan't to win a lottery you must buy a ticket first."

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        1. EMWTK‏ @EMWTK1 17 Jul 2020
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          If you want to be struck by lightening, sometimes you have to stand in the rain.

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