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https://youtu.be/q-JgG0ECp2U
May 12, 2017 10:45 PM
MrPuckett
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https://youtu.be/q-JgG0ECp2U
Magnivore
Bo always has a good point.
FizzleBurger
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/survivorship_bias.png
PleaseDisperseNothingToSeeHere
I'm sorry guys, but as an accountant.... *liquidate
jimwormmaster
But wait....his advice...is to not take his advice? -head asplodes-
SkyeKey
So I'm not supposed to take his advice about not taking his advice....or am I ? What.
pollypocketfullofposies
I love this guy. The fact that he hates we people say that makes me like him even more.
c0smicj0ker
How does this continue to make the front page!? I swear it's there every other day!
HmmSteam
Never seen it
trujello2013
Soo this again? Yea maybe pple didnt see it yesterday but shit man give it a day er two maybe? Maybe im just on here too much...
ShitMyBrainSays
Always upvote Bo Burnham
DarthFluffy1
Lol and this is one of the many reasons I absolutely love Bo Burnham
Combatmatt
His stand up is top notch
funneydude
Oblig https://xkcd.com/1827/
Ssssssssssss
To be fair, unless you dreams are living in a mansion and getting money to sing, you're more likely to succeed than hit the lottery.
LemonyVengeance
WE THINK WE KNOW YOU.
Swampskank
Gotta point at what?
ThaMartian
literally https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/survivorship_bias.png
lawideas
Bo Burnham came from a blue-collar family, worked hard in school, and spent thousands of hours practicing comedy before he made it big (1)
lawideas
(2) There's a lot more than luck to success.
DoWGray
Right, but I don't think he's saying he didn't work hard. Just that he was extremely lucky as well, and hard work isn't enough.
howmuchwoodcouldawoodchuckchuck22
abrahamleenkin
New rule: downvote OP and upvote this thread. I think I've seent it posted 6, 7 times now.
HmmSteam
Never seen it
Igiveshortresponses
Hey next week, it's my turn to use this to get to the front page!
MrPuckett
True, this was a repost. Though, perhaps sitting on the front page with 1,000+ pts means maybe a lot of people have not seen't it
BubblesDepo
The man is a gotdammed genius.
canadiancruelty
Is this that comedy song man who sings about killing yourself?
BubblesDepo
Bo Burnham
TheOneTrueJoebot
Sometimes he sings about sex
canadiancruelty
NurseSlacky
It's also really easy for Taylor to say that because her family was already rolling in the dough. Her dad works for IBM or some shit?
ReekDidNothingWrong
its also easy to see how so many people are disparaging someone with talent for being relatively well off. Why not use a real example.
ohheybuu
Her dad is a stock brocker or something. All I know is that he's invested in her current label
Gaylighter
Not rolling in dough, more of upper middle class. I think they owned a Christmas tree farm when she was younger.
NurseSlacky
Dad comes from three generations of bank presidents and is a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch. He bought the tree farm from a client.
dirtydanisreal
Her dad owns half the record company she's signed to. That's how she was "discovered".
seriouslytired
No, It's Becky.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Working for IBM is the same as any other white-collar job. Unless he's an exec or something, and then it's the same as being an exec at /1
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
any other large company. /2
NurseSlacky
I was mistaken - stockbroker for Merrill Lynch. My bad! (Did the actual research this morning.)
MightySunfish
I thought he was an investment banker
otunes
Something along those lines. They live in a suuuuuuper nice area outside of Nashville too. Takes money to make money.
NurseSlacky
You guys are right!
iwantapetnameddingbat
Anyone starting a business, going into acting, or working for a startup should have to take a class about survivorship bias.
BuenosTardesAmigo
Yeah, well, you can’t win if you don’t play my man
Sjkchang
*avalibility heuristic
FizzleBurger
XKCD's comic on survivorship bias uses the same analogy that Bo uses here https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/survivorship_bias.png
IAmYourGodNow
IIRC said comic is newer than this interview.
starscape678
How is that relevant here?
NurseSlacky
It's true in poverty survivors, too. Have you ever read "The Carriage"?
andydicktracymorganfairchild
Googled it, only found ""The Carriage House"
Mistruths
he spelled it wrong, you want "The Carnage"
andydicktracymorganfairchild
by lesley jones?
honestbutkindaanasshole
You all got punked.
Toderdj
What is it? Briefly.
iwantapetnameddingbat
Our tendency to give disproportionate weight to successes over failures when making decisions. Motivational speakers thrive on this bias.
Kimjongdong
I think governing dynamics would surpass selection bias. And what do business mngt and acting have in common?
Kimjongdong
Like I thought you have no clue what your talking about and don't know anything about business management . Selection bias good one
DarthSedition
What happens to the economy when everyone is a CEO? It doesn't exist. Libertarianism touts the idea of empowering the populace to pull
DarthSedition
Themselves up by their bootstraps and become successful, but in reality only a select lucky few will ever see that success. Further, in a
Kimjongdong
Your way of thinking relegates 90% of Americans to complete servitude for minimum wage .
DarthSedition
No, that's literally the path we are on in the US as libertarian values took over on the 80s and the was a sudden economic shift. The growth
DarthSedition
Libertarian system the tax system is going to mimick trickle down economics. The nation will see economic growth, but 100% of that growth
DarthSedition
Well belong to the top 10% while the middle class dwindles and the lower class gets poorer and poorer.
Kimjongdong
As a welder I made terrible terrible money and worked in highly dangerous environments . Saving money and buying equipment I now own a 1
Kimjongdong
Small businesses and being a c.e.o. are very different. More Americans need to be self employed or small biz owners .
DarthSedition
Ok, let's say 100% of Americans own businesses. Who works for them, what's their revenue look like?
Kimjongdong
Your argument is flawed 100% will never own . People will still work learning craft/skills and develop a plan of their own if they wan't .
drapester
So should most libertarians.
greydays
Amen
Thatdudewiththegameblog
libertarianism is a philosophy built on an extremely flawed economic premise. the free market almost never benefits the poor
DarthSedition
Let's all go to the rapture
PatrickPettibone
thats bullshit free markets have 2 key advantages over controlled markets, they produce products that consumers want, and competition drives
PatrickPettibone
increases in yield, the more resources available, the more product produced to man hour of work, the greater the quality of life.
PatrickPettibone
this is not to say that free markets are the ideal that regulation is always a bad thing. can you name a government program besides welfare.