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Originally Posted by OldJeff
Very well put, but even without the combustion engine, a true visionary would have found a use for this highly flammable liquid  |
I agree, a visionary always makes money. How much money is often a matter of timing and circumstance. Rockefeller would have found some way to make bank no matter what, but as much money as he made thanks to the invention of the engine ... Probably not.
Guys who can dunk a ball from the foul line make 9 figures in the NBA, before basketball existed they were poor people who could jump well. Guys who own teams and arenas would make money in any era, but likely not as much as they make in an era where their skills, timing and circumstance all come into perfect alignment.
There is no shame in admitting good luck helps a lot. I'm thrilled someone created an insatiable search engine that requires millions of words of original well-written text each year. I didn't invent the internet (thanks Al Gore lol) but I sure am glad someone did.