We don't talk enough about how, in modern society, "success" largely boils down to luck.

Sure, "hard work" also matters to some degree. But there are numerous hardworking people out there who never become successful, while others fall upwards because they were just at the right place at the right time, and had the right parents.

The notion that modern society is a Meritocracy is a lie.

https://brianklaas.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-the-secret-genius