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If average peopple are the ones watching at "Temptation Island" i am fuckin a genius! But you know...in life only luck counts, you can be a genius in math, science, literature but without luck and a good relationship circle, you will always be one of the many inhabitants of this big rock.

Only luck counts may be the right answer. But good luck doesn't feel like enough. Don't we, in our folly, want truly great luck?

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Maybe not everyone, maybe yes. But in your opinion what makes a person above mediocrity? Tell me a person in your opinion that is in that bunch of mediocrity?

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This is a great question because it makes me pin it down on specifics. I can wax philosophical all day long, but the moment I have to make it real, I think I start to sound very naive. Here goes, anyway:

Steinbeck was above mediocrity. Clearly Satoshi was (is?). Fritjof Nansen, Mary Shelley...I think I mean all the typical great names.

It's not fame that makes a person above mediocrity, but having changed the world we live in to an extent much greater than just your own life.

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