Comment by IncreasePosts
14 days ago
Ok, being ancestor to 42 presidents is impressive, but how many loser great^30 grand kids does she have?
14 days ago
Ok, being ancestor to 42 presidents is impressive, but how many loser great^30 grand kids does she have?
In a grand scale of scheme the losers do not really matter, for example imagine that the most successful VC today does have countless failed ventures but if 99% of fortune top 100 of US companies the particular VC has invested in their early startup days, I can say that's much better return than Berkshire Hathaway of Warren Buffet (and BH is not a VC company).
I disagree - there are two independent systems at play here - human success, and evolutionary success.
It's unlikely that there are many ancestors of Eleanor of Aquitaine that achieved more human success than George Washington. However, George left this world with zero descendants and his line effectively ended with him. Whereas I'm sure there are a bunch of duds out there who are the same relation to Eleanor of Aquitaine and produced 9 children who each produced a handful of children.
And we are always being reminded that human is well within evolutionary paradigm, are we not?
I think there's very much underestimation that the so called modern world is more civilized and successful in their worldly endeavours compared to the earlier generations. It's probable that for Eleanor of Aquitaine, Alexander the Great and/or Aristotle are the ancestors. Comparing George Washington against Alexander and Aristotle, I'd say there is no contest for the former.