Of course luck is not the only element you need. Still is important for that.
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People keep telling me that, but it always ends up being the same people joining me, when it's time to roll up the sleeves and work.
You can see it on Nostr. Make a post about something silly or sexy and a gazillion people swarm to it.
Say you want to discuss Kant or Ecclesiastes or the best way to compost for organic gardening, or ask for help with some typescript and watch the place immediately clear out and the same 20 people are left over that are always left over.
That's why we all know each other.
It's the same IRL.
Yeah we have a saying for that in Greece. I don't know how to translate that in English. It's έτερον εκάτερον, something like jesus said to court, the things for Caesar are Caesar's things, something like that.
So what about unluckiness. If something goes wrong, is it bad luck?
I don't believe in luck. I believe in Providence.