> I cannot find it in my heart to admire the people who comment here proscriptively, without any attempt to signal empathy.
There seems to be a small but vocal "ayn rand" crowd mired in cynicism on this site. Somehow that if everyone "worked hard", we'd all be successful. That is true to some extent but there are only a limited number of seats in the "successful" table.
There was a story on hackernews about a scientist who did nobel prize winning work but had to drive buses for a living.
There is a lot more to success than the individual. The environment and opportunities available have a lot more to do with success than the individual.
There seems to be a small but vocal "ayn rand" crowd mired in cynicism on this site. Somehow that if everyone "worked hard", we'd all be successful. That is true to some extent but there are only a limited number of seats in the "successful" table.
There was a story on hackernews about a scientist who did nobel prize winning work but had to drive buses for a living.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15422928
There is a lot more to success than the individual. The environment and opportunities available have a lot more to do with success than the individual.