The Importance of Luck

by ncoghlan_dev

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last posted Sept. 23, 2012, 6:48 a.m.

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Meanwhile, back in reality, luck is a huge and pervasive part of life.

When we're born, there's not only the genetic lottery to contend with, but also the "life circumstances" lottery.

I had the good fortune to be born with a mind well suited to abstract problem solving tasks and to be born into a country in an era where abstract problem solving was a skill in high demand.

created Sept. 19, 2012, 10:18 a.m.

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