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Society has to create the infrastructure and climate for success.
A lot of people could be successful given the right combination of circumstances.
The Beatles form, is there a club they can perform in? Is their an audience who want to hear their music? Are their record companies prepared to invest in studio time? Are there music studios? Does American racism prevent Black music from being played on white radio but is listened to and copied in England?
Many factors allow people to succeed. If it was just down to individuals human development would be evenly distributed though out the world, but we see spurts of development where all the conditions are right.
Industrial revolution where coal steel and railways reach critical mass and demand for engineers.
Pop music in 60s in the UK
Computers in the USA in the 90s
China is now creating possibilities for its people.
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