I chose to write about "luck" because, try as I might, I can't think of a plausible origin story that accounts for both the entomology and the meaning. This implies that it is an exceptionally old word, which means that the concept of chance occurrences and gambling dates quite far back into human history. Researching "luck" should bring up some interesting sociological issues.
Currently, I define "luck" as (ahem):
"The quantified tendency or ability to be favored in a situation in which one would tend to be statistically disfavored or neutral."
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