As luck would have it

Just what is luck, exactly? How does it play a role in our lives? Are some people luckier than others? Can an overdose of luck result in 'luck guilt'? And what can all of us do to become luckier?

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Further reading:

• “Moral and Epistemic Luck” by Statman (1991)
• “The Psychology and Philosophy of Luck” by Pritchard and Smith (2004)
• “Propensities and counterfactuals: The loser that almost won” by Kahneman and Varey (1990)
• “Unlucky victims or lucky survivors?” By Teigen and Jensen (2011)
• “The Herald of Free Enterprise Disaster: Lessons from the First 6 Years” by Dalgleish, Joseph, and Yule (2000)
• The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations by Heider (1958)
• “Exploring the role of talent and luck in getting success” by Pluchino, Biondo, and Rapisarda (2018)
• “The Belief in Good Luck Scale” by Darke and Freedman (1997)
• The Luck Factor by Wiseman (2003)
• Bonus (not mentioned in the episode but a great read): Can You Learn to Be Lucky? by Starr (2018)

Produced by Scarlet Moon Things
Music by Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy, and Richard Kimmings