🎰 Life Roulette
Spin the wheel. See where fate would have placed you.
🎰 How to Play Life Roulette
Life Roulette is a thought-provoking simulation that asks: "What if you were born somewhere else, to a different family, in a different era?" Click the spin button and watch the wheel determine your fate across four categories: Country, Wealth Level, Health, and Historical Era.
Each combination generates a "Luck Score" based on weighted factors—access to resources, quality of life, and opportunity. Spin multiple times to compare results and see how your average luck stacks up against the full spectrum of human experience.
🎯 Pro Strategies & Tips
- Spin Multiple Times: Each roll is independent. See how varied outcomes can be across just a few tries.
- Compare Your Results: The comparison bar tracks your average, best, and worst luck scores over your session.
- Share Extreme Results: Rolled royalty in Switzerland or poverty in a warzone? Share your most dramatic outcomes.
- Reflect on the Randomness: The game's weighted system mirrors real population distributions—most rolls land in the middle.
🌍 The Perspective Behind It
Life Roulette illustrates the concept of the birth lottery—the idea that where, when, and to whom you're born dramatically shapes your life trajectory. Philosophers call this "moral luck": circumstances you didn't choose but that define your opportunities.
The game uses real-world data to weight its outcomes. Being born in a high-income country with good healthcare is statistically rare—most of humanity lives in very different circumstances. This simulation puts those odds into perspective.
Next time you feel unlucky, spin the wheel and remember: the very fact that you're playing this game on an internet-connected device already places you in a fortunate minority.