Why did humans create a world where unearned success (luck, NEETdom and free hugs from teens) is more important than what you earn and compete for?

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Why is that success? Before we can determine what it is to be successful we should agree on what the fundamental goal of life is, not just presume what it is.

[–]winkot[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because it is.

You can say that someone creating some kind of art and being unsuccessful is not objectively worse off, which is true.

But not that he has success, since that is just word game cope.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So you can learn to be a decent human being?