Where did I read this?
September 17, 2011 4:18 PM Subscribe
I'm trying to find an article or blog post I've read within the last couple of weeks.
To be honest, I don't remember the specific topic. It had to do with innovation and business (and maybe computer programming?), but I can't really remember more than that. What keeps sticking in my head though, is a line about how intelligence, ideas and hard work were too often credited with fantastic success, rather than simply being a necessary ingredient of success. The author likened stories like Facebook's to winning the lottery, which is a thought I've had often.
I know that's pretty thin, but I've been trying to figure out for days where I've read this. It's like having something stuck in my teeth that I can't get out. AAAAARRRGH.
To be honest, I don't remember the specific topic. It had to do with innovation and business (and maybe computer programming?), but I can't really remember more than that. What keeps sticking in my head though, is a line about how intelligence, ideas and hard work were too often credited with fantastic success, rather than simply being a necessary ingredient of success. The author likened stories like Facebook's to winning the lottery, which is a thought I've had often.
I know that's pretty thin, but I've been trying to figure out for days where I've read this. It's like having something stuck in my teeth that I can't get out. AAAAARRRGH.
I don't know, but Google has a Blog Search page, and searching for "intelligence ideas hard work success facebook lottery" in the past month returned over 1,800 articles. Maybe it's somewhere in there? Good luck.
posted by davcoo at 4:47 PM on September 17, 2011
posted by davcoo at 4:47 PM on September 17, 2011
Yeah, I came here to say, it sounds like that first link that argonauta posted.
posted by limeonaire at 7:18 PM on September 17, 2011
posted by limeonaire at 7:18 PM on September 17, 2011
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posted by argonauta at 4:26 PM on September 17, 2011