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Setting aside ancient history like Egypt, any sense of modern recording started something like 400 BC. At 20 years between generations, that's only ~120 generat
by ip26 6y ago
Setting aside ancient history like Egypt, any sense of modern recording started something like 400 BC. At 20 years between generations, that's only ~120 generations.
With this accounting, the United States was founded ~12 generations ago.
- cheschire 6y agoAnd that was my initial estimate as well until I doubted my own knowledge of how long history has been recorded. Apparently the definition for some stretches all the way back to 4000 BC! So to account for this wide range of opinions I anticipated I would encounter on HN, I chose to be vague.