Capital in the Twenty-First Century

[Tamas]

Bad analogy.  A trust fund kid needs to do absolutely nothing to be rich.  A tall kid needs to put in years of practice and two a days and even then may end up an average basketball player.  I know from personal experience 

Yes but if I put in the same effort, with my shorter statue and messed up knees, I won't reach your results

Is there a point in here somewhere?

Actually, it was more like a rant, not a point-making exercise, per se.

[crazy canuck]

I'm about 35 pages into the new book.  Going to take a while.

I need to wait until March for the translation. 

[crazy canuck]

Bad analogy.  A trust fund kid needs to do absolutely nothing to be rich.  A tall kid needs to put in years of practice and two a days and even then may end up an average basketball player.  I know from personal experience 

Yes but if I put in the same effort, with my shorter statue and messed up knees, I won't reach your results

Plenty of basketball players were both shorter and better than I was.  You can also sit on a plane or compact car much better than I can 

[Habbaku]

I'm about 35 pages into the new book.  Going to take a while.

I need to wait until March for the translation. 

Canadian English isn't that bad, is it?

[Oexmelin]

I'm about 35 pages into the new book.  Going to take a while.

Just bought it.

[crazy canuck]

I'm about 35 pages into the new book.  Going to take a while.

I need to wait until March for the translation. 

Canadian English isn't that bad, is it?

Ah, when I checked I thought I saw the translation was coming out then.