Someone right now paid one ticket and won the lotto.
That's mostly randomness.
Someone right now said hello once and met their significant other they're marrying.
Someone right now submitted their resume once and got the job of their dreams.
Someone right now has interviewed ten times and only got one rejection letter.
These probably mostly are not random.
Someone right now had paid for a hundred thousand tickets and never won a thing.
Mostly random.
Someone right now has said hello a million times and still hasn't found their romantic love.
Mostly not.
There are times good things happen to bad people and sometimes bad things happen to good people.
This implies things are mostly non-random. Unless you're saying that good/bad things happen with equal randomness to all people.
This isn't to say you shouldn't go full nihilistic, don't work hard, don't be kind, don't be compassionate
I think you are saying that doing all of that won't impact if you're a success though.
but the unwavering belief that hard work is the only salvation
No one said that.
Expecting results and not getting it in spite of your hard work will make you bitter, jealous and negative.
Why do the work if you don't expect an increased likelihood of the result? Why try to dig a hole if I believe that it's just as likely that the hole randomly appears in the spot that I want? Of course, I have a feeling that the hard work of digging the hole increases the odds of there being a hole in the ground. But that's just me in my crazy world where not everything is simply random.
The pursuit for success will make you a monster and in turn distance you from others.
Really? It seems like I've seen the exact opposite in my life. Friends I know who have given up on any ambition at all have distanced themselves from others (and largely fallen heavily onto drugs).
And in the end you might just get hit by a bus randomly walking down a street.
I think I'm more likely to get hit by a bus if I don't try to watch where I'm going. That is, succeeding in crossing the street is something I try to do. Failing to do so and getting hit by a bus may cause me to cry and feel pain. Obviously for you failing in this manner is no big deal.
That's mostly randomness.
Someone right now said hello once and met their significant other they're marrying.
Someone right now submitted their resume once and got the job of their dreams.
Someone right now has interviewed ten times and only got one rejection letter.
These probably mostly are not random.
Someone right now had paid for a hundred thousand tickets and never won a thing.
Mostly random.
Someone right now has said hello a million times and still hasn't found their romantic love.
Mostly not.
There are times good things happen to bad people and sometimes bad things happen to good people.
This implies things are mostly non-random. Unless you're saying that good/bad things happen with equal randomness to all people.
This isn't to say you shouldn't go full nihilistic, don't work hard, don't be kind, don't be compassionate
I think you are saying that doing all of that won't impact if you're a success though.
but the unwavering belief that hard work is the only salvation
No one said that.
Expecting results and not getting it in spite of your hard work will make you bitter, jealous and negative.
Why do the work if you don't expect an increased likelihood of the result? Why try to dig a hole if I believe that it's just as likely that the hole randomly appears in the spot that I want? Of course, I have a feeling that the hard work of digging the hole increases the odds of there being a hole in the ground. But that's just me in my crazy world where not everything is simply random.
The pursuit for success will make you a monster and in turn distance you from others.
Really? It seems like I've seen the exact opposite in my life. Friends I know who have given up on any ambition at all have distanced themselves from others (and largely fallen heavily onto drugs).
And in the end you might just get hit by a bus randomly walking down a street.
I think I'm more likely to get hit by a bus if I don't try to watch where I'm going. That is, succeeding in crossing the street is something I try to do. Failing to do so and getting hit by a bus may cause me to cry and feel pain. Obviously for you failing in this manner is no big deal.