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stocknoob
on June 8, 2024
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Why are debut novels failing to launch?
After 10 generations your message is diluted to 0.1%.
We still read Shakespeare and listen to Mozart.
frutiger
on June 9, 2024
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How many thousands of Shakespeare’s contemporaneous authors are lost to time? And Seneca’s?
stocknoob
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Not sure, but 100% of their contemporaries were diluted. At 100 generations (2500 years) any message has been diluted where random mutations are more influence than your genes.
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We still read Shakespeare and listen to Mozart.