AngelList founder Naval Ravikant wisely notes that envy is most often an illusion. “The part of the person that we envy doesn’t exist without the rest of that person,” he writes. “If we aren’t willing to trade places with them completely – their life, their body, their thoughts – then there is nothing to be envious about.” Envy
It is pointless to envy someone with whom you wouldn’t trade places in all parallel universes – including those in which his gambles didn’t pay off. Do you desire to take his gambles, or do you only desire the winning outcome? Do not envy the survivors of ventures in which you didn’t participate. Envy Universe Survivorship Bias