Comment by keiferski
14 hours ago
I agree it doesn’t take a super genius to understand that, but it does require something like deep emotional intelligence and ethical sense for someone immensely successful to truly accept that chance and circumstance may be largely responsible for their success.
There aren’t a lot of billionaires out there acting in a way that shows this. At best, they give the idea some lip service.
> There aren’t a lot of billionaires out there acting in a way that shows this
What would that be?
Complex question that depends on one’s ethical views, but I’d say not pushing the idea that inequality is good, or retweeting people that are obviously ideological making heritability claims, is a good start.
From there, the sky is the limit. Directly helping underserved communities access the same networks/resources is another. A handful of billionaires have also donated their entire wealth, but the laudability of that depends on your ethical stance of course.
I don't see how lack of either of the suggested options is any kind of indication that the person doesn't accept that success has a factor of chance.
I doubt there's even a claim that this is right ethically or that you are not displaying a hipocrisy here. How far is your own wealth from the worldwide median?
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