Free will is an Illusion. Success is success only in the hindsight.

Success is success only in the hindsight


This is work in progress and I may be wrong. your comments are welcome.

Its not completely black or white...

There is freedom of choice and free will for some extend to every one.
But one don't have 100% choice in every decision he makes.

Its like a taking a dog tied to a leash, the dog does have freedom within the boundary
but its going to go with its owner as per owners plan!

Randomness can fool people, so the success of Warren is quite possible through the effect
of randomness... for eg: if 10 million investors start with 5 lacs at least one is going
to stay in course to become billionaire over time... miraculously escaping blunders.

So randomness has helped these guys in comparison to equally intelligent investors
who had fell out of the investment track from one small blunder...

Just because randomness exist that doesn't mean everything is 'fixed' or 'random'...
we have a limited set tools to harvest profits out of randomness using our free-will !
Successful traders can attest for this!

So in conclusion:
Does randomness help fools: YES
Does randomness hide fools' blunder: Sometimes YES
In long run will talent (free-will) triumph randomness: YES
will free-will alone can make you billionaire : NOPE (need some luck too).

Can we increase our luck through free-will ?
YES, one can significantly increase their 'luck surface' to capture high profit events
by deliberately planning to be in high returns to risk ratio ventures and
hanging around places where awesome events happen (i.e leave village and go to city!).

but can you infinitely increase your luck surface to get whatever you want?
Nope. if you were born in 1420, you should pretty much happy to stay alive till your 25th b'day... let alone whining for slow internet connection...