Toby Stuart
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Podcast Appearances
Mine.
Yeah, it has changed a little over time in fairness.
And as I get Berkeley, it's very different, but absolutely.
So the second reaction is it's some version of privilege, but I earned what I have.
And so then you're less insecure about it.
I deserve it.
The reaction is I deserve it.
You got here on your own.
The third one is some version of God gave it to me.
It depends on the world you live in, but there are worlds where this is still, you know, the prosperity gospel.
In sports, it's over-indexed.
It's very indexed in sports.
Sports is a fun example to talk about anointment, but in sports, you see it all the time where it's an extension of preordination.
It was God's plan.
And so depending on where you are geographically and what belief system you grew up with, the famous example is John Rockefeller, who is the founder of Standard Oil and was probably the richest man.
University of Chicago was a major donor.
Rockefeller had like 1.5% of US GDP in wealth.
But he was very much, God gave it to me.
It's a divine plan.
And then the fourth way, which I would argue is