Friday the Thirteenth brings to mind the question: Is it better to be lucky than to be good? That depends, I guess, on your definition of lucky.
If you just hope good things will happen to you, if you hope you'll find a winning lottery ticket on the sidewalk for example, well, then that depends on what you actually get. If the lottery ticket is for $1M, well, then, yeah, in that case luck trumps everything. But what if the lottery ticket is for another free lottery ticket? Well, I guess that's better than nothing, but really, what's the point? Even still, how long will your luck last? Eventually, every lucky streak comes to an end. [more after the break]