• dustyData@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Survivors bias. 1 success doesn’t invalidate the hundreds of crash and burns that you never hear about.

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        1 year ago

        Crashing and burning is way easier when you have generational wealth to soften the blow. A crash and burn is lethal for people who are a paycheck away from homelessness and drowning in debt.

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        1 year ago

        It’s a setback if you don’t like being on fire, which I’d wager is most people.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      So what’s your point? Never try to improve your life? Never jump at opportunity? You’re not guaranteed to succeed, but you’re guaranteed to fail if you don’t try. The only people I know who haven’t improved their life are the people who never tried.