It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.
In the digital age, emotional intelligence might be more valuable than technical skills.
世间有无数技艺高超的画家,却画不出内心的伤心。
"I am not interested in the beautiful, I am interested in the true."