"...if humans do have a big capacity for peace shouldn’t we expect to find more accomplished people on this list?" Go look at the list of Nobel Peace prize win

"...if humans do have a big capacity for peace shouldn’t we expect to find more accomplished people on this list?" Go look at the list of Nobel Peace prize winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_Peace_Prize_laureates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_Peace_Prize_laur... Some of the winners probably didn't deserve the prize and are now disappointing to see on this list (e.g. Obama or Arafat). Some of the winners are symbols of inspiration rather than people who have accomplished much themselves (e.g. Malala Yousafzai). However, there are a lot of highly accomplished people on this list who have made a huge impact on the world. Many of them just aren't as famous as some of the disappointments. Alfred Nobel was a merchant of death. The fact that people striving for peace now feel honored by a Nobel Prize is deeply ironic, but perhaps this also shows that, even among those of us with the most blood on our hands, there exists the yearning for a more peaceful future.