Reddit reviews The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
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I'm in the middle of reading Naked Statistics which is a pretty good and easy to understand intro. I've taken a few stat courses before and this book covers everything in really easy to understand terms.
I'm also a fan of The Drunkard's Walk which is mostly aimed at randomness, but because randomness is such a large part of statistics it really does cover many of the basic concepts.
Neither of these are textbooks, so they don't get too technical and instead neatly explain concepts. Enjoy!
The funny thing is our perception of randomness.
Yes, if you look at it from your unique angle, it's a one in a bazillion chance, and very surprising.
However, since there are a bazillion BL2 players that have been playing BL2 and drawing loot a bazillion times, it's statistically certain *many people* will have amazing drops like that.
Check out "The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives" (book) and Radio Lab's "A Very Lucky Wind" (podcast) for some great explanations.
ugh, that guy sucks. try this one: http://www.amazon.com/The-Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-ebook/dp/B001NXK1XO -- similar story without all the narcissism.
Reading tip for you: The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives. It gives you a perspective on how chance affects your life. It's a much bigger factor that most people think. The book is interesting and may be an eye opener in many ways - I can recommend it to anyone.
Especially the last 20 years we've had this economic and technical boost (despite the two big crises we had), and it seemed like the sky was the limit. For many people this didn't happen. That includes me, even though I'm still above the average, so doing above average compared to the rest of my country, but not so good compared to my expectations. And apparently it includes you.
If you say that you worked in three countries, many people will be impressed, find it interesting, think you have a more interesting and successful life than they have. You probably only see your failures, the expectations you had but didn't meet.
Meeting other people's expectations - that's not the real problem. The risk is spiraling down into a burnout, especially if you do this really slowly.
Reading your story another time - do you have a shitty job, a narcistic boss? I don't read that in your story. You have a younger boss, and... you're not the boss. You have to learn to accept your situation. Depression, struggles, sleepless nights... do you think that will get better when you're the boss? Probably it will get worse. Is the job a problem, the people not nice?
How to accept your situation - that is a job in itself. Maybe you get therapy for your depression and suicidal thoughts? If not, find someone who can help you. You have two things going for you: an income, and a happy family and I assume that includes kids.
Another suggestion is to find a hobby for yourself, something you can do on your own, outside the family, not related to work. And I don't consider gaming a hobby (and I don't mean to say that you shouldn't game btw). But go biking, woodcarving, wall climbing, preferably something physical that puts your mind off the bad stuff and makes you sweat a little.