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graeme on April 15, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: SoftBank expects $24B in losses from Vision Fund, ...

Precisely. The person I replied to said that it was always luck.

A single datapoint can't prove a general claim. But a single counterpoint can disprove a claim.

waddlesworth on April 16, 2020 [–]

Appreciate your luck, not your ego, you won't make as many stupid decisions that way.

It could be argued that Warren Buffet does exactly this.

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