“The problem here is the notion of “better,” this focus on
skills as leading to success. Random outcomes, or an arbitrary situation, can
also explain success, and provide the initial push that leads to a
winner-take-all result. A person can get slightly ahead for entirely random
reasons; because we like to imitate one another, we will flock to him. The world
of contagion is so underestimated!” –Nassim Taleb, The Black Swan
