Hacker News Reader

> birth lottery

Elon Musk was born in South Africa so compared to anyone born in the USA or EU he has lost the birth lottery, I guess.

View on HN

I would argue that it doesn't just depend on which country. Being born into a privileged class in a less developed country is often times better than an average family in, let's say, US.

The inequality is much more severe meaning that you might actually have access to more resource and power.

Sure, the type of family one grows up in has a tremendous impact on one’s outcome in life, but Elon deliberately moved to the USA to have access to opportunities Americans have access to. Location matters too.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com