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From: blake@sx7000.UUCP (Chris Blake)
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Subject: Re: World population benchmark
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Date: Thu, 17-Jul-86 12:02:19 EDT
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> Something I've always wondered: of all the people who've ever lived,
> what percentage are alive today?  I suspect it's a rather large
> percentage, and it makes me wonder why there aren't more people like
> Plato, Galileo, Michaelangelo, Bach, Einstein.  (Or, heaven help us, 
> more like Genghis Khan, Hitler, Alexander, Attila the Hun, etc.)  
> We seem to be lacking in "greats" (except here on usnet, of course :-).  
 
   Perhaps theyre around, but it's harder to get recognized among the
giant population.  Also, a lot of people don't become "great" until
they're dead ( need to view them in retrospect ).  Another reason may
be that today's innovators/greats, instead of broadcasting they're
achievements to the world for lots of fame but limited renumeration,
are selling them to companies and not receiving the noteriety of others.
Modern greats Id like to nominate: The Beatles ( still popular after
20 years ) and Grant Tinker.
                                     -Spunk

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