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Shaping future luck
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People plan strategies to enable them to get what they want. Obviously, luck plays a part in achieving their desires. The question becomes: can one plan for that luck? As luck is normally defined and understood, the answer would be no. However, if luck is defined on the basis of obtaining what one wants without trying, as suggested by Brian Barry, then it is possible to consider a strategy of planning for luck. Indeed, one may plan only for luck and, with foresight in developing one’s future luck, this may be more efficient than other strategies. This chapter explains how this may be so through an examination of power based on cooperative game theory.
Title: Shaping future luck
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People plan strategies to enable them to get what they want.
Obviously, luck plays a part in achieving their desires.
The question becomes: can one plan for that luck? As luck is normally defined and understood, the answer would be no.
However, if luck is defined on the basis of obtaining what one wants without trying, as suggested by Brian Barry, then it is possible to consider a strategy of planning for luck.
Indeed, one may plan only for luck and, with foresight in developing one’s future luck, this may be more efficient than other strategies.
This chapter explains how this may be so through an examination of power based on cooperative game theory.
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