Neistat: Privilege is a winning lottery ticket; hard work cashes it in
Casey Neistat · Video Artist: Casey Neistat · Mar 2, 2020 · at 1:26:10
Digital creator Casey Neistat reflects with Guy Raz on how personal hustle relates to baseline societal and demographic luck.
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“I was born with a winning lotto ticket in my hand. All I had to do was cash it in. And that cashing it in is hard work. Like, that's what that meant. To cash it in was hard work. And I did my part. But I could have never done my part without first winning the lotto on life.”
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