It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the 17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy.
Iespējams, mūsdienās ir tikpat maz ticams, ka kļūsiet tikpat bagāti un slaveni kā Bils Geitss, cik maz ticami bija 17. gadsimtā pacelties līdz franču aristokrātijas rindām.